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Originally posted by just another ref
JV boys game. Team A (visitors) ball out of bounds backcourt endline. Timeout Team A. 45 second horn Team B breaks huddle. Team A no movement. Partner: first horn, let's go Team A. Second horn. No movement from Team A. Tweet, let's go Team A. No movement. Pause..... ball on floor..1,2,3,4,5,...Tweet, B's ball. A is just breaking the huddle. A's coach: (totally mystified) What? It was our ball before the timeout! Me: Yes, and after two horns, a whistle, and a count of five, now it's their ball. (paraphrased) He shakes his head and sits down.
The next week I was at School A doing varsity. There's an older guy that is at all of School A's games, I think he is their former coach, now retired. I was exchanging a brief word with this guy when he said, "Oh, by the way, if I had been evaluating you guys the other night at the JV, you would have gotten a negative mark for the way you handled that timeout situation."
Your opinion is duly noted, sir.
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From your post, you handled the timeout situation just fine. As far at the old coach, I would have politely told him that before he gives a negative evaluation, he should now what are the rules and mechanics for a resuming play situation after a timeout.
The problem with old coaches and coaches in general is that their word about the rules carries an amount of credibility with fans, players, and the press, which is completely opposite to their knowledge of the rules.
Far too many times I have had conversations with fans in a no officiating setting that will flat out tell me that a coach always knows the rules better that everybody else because he is a basketball coach. Such logic just boggles the mind.