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Originally posted by closely_guarded
Coach to ref: "I want a timeout if he/she makes this FT".
Do you grant the TO as soon as the FT is made or do you still require coach/player to request the timeout? In other words, does the coach's "heads-up" to us just make us look at the coach and be aware that a TO request is forthcoming; or does this constitute an actual TO request that we honor if the FT is made?
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I'm with M&M and Chuck. Tell the coach that you and your partners will be watching for a TO request, and will grant it if it's made in a timely fashion. For one thing, there is no rules provision anywhere saying that coaches may be granted a TO
before they are eligible to request one. What are you going to do if the coach suddenly changes his mind during the FT and decides that he really didn't want that TO anyway? There's no rule that I know of that sez you can now make him take that early-requested TO.
There's no real problem with the timing used while granting the TO either. The TO is granted when you recognize the TO request, not when you blow the whistle. If you recognize the request before the throwing team has the ball for the throw-in, then it doesn't matter a bit if they have possession of the ball when you actually blow the whistle. Them's the rules also.
Any coach with half a brain is gonna tell one of his players along the lane line to ask for the immediate TO anyway.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Oct 18th, 2005 at 04:37 PM]