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Originally posted by FrankHtown
Hypothetical..Trail is table side...first half , 2 person, coach sees a trap coming up at midcourt, his player passes midcourt and is immediately trapped. We hear someone yelling time out. We turn around to see if it is really the head coach...we pick him up ...and it really is the head coach. We turn around to pick up the play. Team B has knocked the ball loose, and is heading for an uncontested lay up.
That's why i don't like the rule the way it is written. Make the players call time out.
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If you've got a trap,double-team,triple-team,whatever in your primary, do
not turn away from that play to look at the bench. Keep officiating the play. If the coach can't understand "why" you didn't look at the bench at that particular moment to confirm who was requesting the TO, too bad.
If you're at 4 on a 5-second closely guarded count, and you hear a TO request behind you out of your vision, would you stop the count to turn around and confirm that the head coach was calling the TO?
As Tony said, terrible rule.