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Old Mon Feb 18, 2002, 03:31pm
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Originally posted by DrakeM
IMO this is another rule that needs to be changed!
A team can play great defense for 9 seconds, only to see it
all wasted because the offense simply calls a timeout!

Let's not go back to the 80% rule!

There are times where I would rather have a team burn a timeout than gain posession. For example, first quarter, my team just scored, and the game is still close. We pressure the inbounder to a count of four, and he then calls a timeout.

Yes, he'll get the ball back, but that's one less timeout he can use to stop the clock at the end of the game - meaning he'll have to foul my team in order to stop the clock.

This is one of those things that can go either way, and should just be left alone.
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