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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
I don't have my book at hand, but this begs a few questions. What is the call if no official notice is given? Does the technical foul rule for excessive timeouts supercede the rule that notification be given? Should they get a freebie since the initial rule on the last TO was not followed?
Think about the rule on notification prior to end of halftime. If no notification is given, what is the call when the team does not show up on time? This seems to parallel that situation.
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In my personal opinion, I believe that the coach (and/or assistants) are able to keep track of 5 timeouts (please, no Al Gore jokes . . .) Most coaches I know of are constantly checking how many TO's they have left.
If they had no TO's, but the scorer said one, I would waive the T (because of incorrect information). No notification - just doesn't seem right to me.