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Originally posted by Wearin' Stripes
Stop play and let the kid in as soon as his team is in control. Tell everyone at the bench you screwed up.
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Why would you stop play as soon as the short-handed team is in control instead of waiting for a natural whistle or TO? Why would you think of taking away the other team's legal advantage in playing 5 on 4? Imo, you're just bailing out a team that isn't smart enough to get 5 players out on the floor. That ain't our job.
Are you really gonna apologize for screwing up? I always thought that it was up to the teams to get 5 players out there, not the officials. Sure, we're supposed to check for 5, but sh*t happens. When it does, the bottom line is that it's the coach's fault that he doesn't have 5 players out there, not the officials'. Let the coach tell us that
he screwed up.