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How would you respond to a coach who tells you at the pre-game that he wants you to call a TO every time the other team goes on a run of 10 straight points? You going to allow that as well?
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OK - that is just absurd. Coaches
do not ask for that. I defy you or anyone else to give me an example that is even
close. What they
do often request is a time-out after a made free throw. Why? Because it fits the game.
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What if the shooter misses the FT and they spend several minutes trying to make a shot and then a basket is made. Are you going to award the TO now?
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Of course not and no one is suggesting that.
Why do we come up with absurd comments and situations that are completely different than the original situation? We have a coach requesting a time-out on a made free-throw. If the free-throw goes in, give him the darn time-out -- it is that simple.
You are not talking strategy with him (i.e. the 10-point run situation) and you are not being an assistant coach (i.e. if the free throw is missed and there are several shots, etc.). You are simply responding to a very simple and straight-forward request.
There
is a place for common sense in basketball officiating. You don't call 3-seconds on the guy that just has one heel barely touching the free-throw lane line. You don't start a game with technicals because the starters weren't marked with 9:45 left on the clock before the game. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Don't bury your nose so far in the rule book that you can't see the basketball game that you are supposed to be officiating.