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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
If I am the Trail in the situation I am going to be listening for two things. The horn and my partner's whistle. If the horn sounds and my partner does not sound his whistle, he is telling me that the ball was released before the horn; if he sounds his whistle, he is telling me that the ball was not released before the horn. With this information I can take care of business.
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If the lead isn't responsible for determining the validity of a last-second shot, why would the lead blow the whistle?
Heck, why do we have a whistle at the end of a period at all? (I've watched clincians go round-and-round on this one)
Why not change the mechanic to be "whoever has (or is supposed to have) on-ball coverage is responsible for determining the validity of the last-second shot?"