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Originally posted by Brad
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
How do you feel about the original post? Would you answer a kid that asked if he could throw the ball into the BC? Is there a difference in the two situations?
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If you were pulled over for a traffic violation and you asked the cop, "Is driving without a front license plate tag illegal?" What sort of responce would you like to hear:
A) "Try it and find out."
B) "You'll have to read your driver's manual / consult with your driving instructor."
C) "Yes, it is in the state of Texas."
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Brad - I don't think your analogy holds up here. In your scenario, you already have been pulled over for the violation. I think a better analogy would be if you just walked up to a cop on the beat (do they do that anymore?) and asked him that type of question. He probably would give you an answer instead of telling you that (in some manner) it's not his job to tell you, only to cite you if you do something illegal.
Now, apparently having weakened my own position, let me back pedal by saying that we must make players aware that their coaches have a bigger job than just teaching X's oand O's. I feel it is a coach's responsibility to tell an inbounder coming out of a timeout that they can run the baseline or not. After all, if he doesn't communicate that, how can he design an inbound play?
As for the point of how a player can physically ask the coach that from across the floor - two points: first, I hear players and coaches yell at each other across the floor all the time, and second, maybe we should rephrase our answer to say something like, "You should have asked your coach if you don't know." Then we're more in a "teaching" mode, because we are teaching the player to ask his coach from now on.