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Dakota--
I was thinking that was where you were going.
I noticed it because I umpire the visiting coach a lot and his is notorious for stalling/hastening the game when he can. For example, when the game was tied, his girls walked out slowly. When he gets a lead as visitors, he hastens them out to the field to "get the inning in." He is "a master of the stall" and "a master of the speedup." He is also pretty good at influencing umpires to get what he wants.
In a time limit game, we must be sure we know it is a tactic for stalling and for speeding up. I do know the PU for this game, and he would have stopped the clock if defense was "wasting time."
Without lights, it may get too dark (Mike) or stay light longer than I thought, depending on the situation.
In this game I mention, Home coach knows the rules backwards and forwards, inside and out. It was wonderful to see him NOT use the rules to his advantage UNTIL Visiting team decided to "speed up the game." He very well could have used it to his advantage earlier, but didn't.
It is a "rec" game...played inside. It's about practicing and working situations. The tactics probably shouldn't have been used at all, but once visitors used it, I'm glad home used it.
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