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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by ref18
Now, many people have said in their responses taht the coach should call a time out to discuss the call. I'm all for that, although I've never had a coach do that, they seem to prefer standing and screaming  . But back on topic, I admit that I have screwed up quite few calls (this may be a shock to most people  ) and as soon as I make the call I realize this, but people are saying that the coach should try and get the officials to correct the call. Now I've never reversed one of my calls, if I know I made a bad one, while the coach is venting, I'll apologize to him/her for the bad call, but once I make the call, I live with the consequences.
If the officials were to correct the call, what is the procedure they would have to follow??
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Are you talking about not seeing a foul or violation, getting the foul or violation wrong, or misapplying a rule?
I hope you are not saying that if you called the ball OOB off the wrong team, or had a back court on a throw in, or called 3 seconds on a throw in, like in this case, you would not correct it.
As for fixing it, a quick explanation, inadvertent whistle and get it back in play.
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I agree that if you do decide that you blew it the accidental whistle is the method that must be used to fix it. Give the ball to the team that had control or use the AP arrow if neither team had control.
However, I must disagree with those who have stated that the coach should not be charged with the time-out if the official changes the call.
The coach is certainly welcome to request a time-out to discuss a call, and more power to him if the officials decide to change it, but the time-out must remain charged to his team unless it fits within those specific things in 5-8-4. Those items are a 2-10 correctable error, a timing mistake, a scoring mistake, or an AP arrow mistake.
This time-out should also be requested through the scorer at the table just to be precise.
So in the case of the incorrect 3-second violation during the throw-in, which clearly does NOT fall within the purview of that rule, the officials should change the call, award the ball back to the throwing team, but also allow the time-out to remain charged to that team.