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Originally posted by feeli99 on 02-09-2000 08:53 PM
A1 was fouled by B1. As A1 is going to the foul line to shoot, the table informs the ref B1 has 5 fouls. Ref signals coach of B1 to sub for B1. Coach yells" I have 30 sec.to sub". The trail ref lines the players up to shoot 2 FT's. After 30 sec. the lead ref informs the trail to administer the first FT. The coach is informed he is delaying the game. He screams I can't allow A1 to shoot because he hasn't made his sub yet. After the first FT the sub enters the game. Was I right? and if he had missed the FT could I have allowed him to shoot again because of the delay of game warning given to the coach?
The first thing I'm asking myself here, why is the coach yelling at the officials asking for his 30 seconds??? It appears that there was much more going on here than what you described. If the officials were doing things properly, the calling official should have informed the coach right away that he had 30 seconds to replace the disqualified player. So my guess is the calling official didn't do his job properly, and you have an upset coach to boot for some reason.
The second thing I notice here, is that the trail official is administering the free throw?? Why not the lead?? (new mechanic's lead administers all free throws)
Third when one official asks the other to go ahead and administer the free throw, and his partner 'screams' that he can't because the sub hasn't entered yet! (which is right), but you went ahead and shot the first one anyway before the sub was in the game, why??
From what I read here, I can see why the coach was probably upset.
Work on your game administration before you go looking to give out 'T's' to coach's.