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Old Thu Feb 22, 2007, 10:21am
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Originally Posted by JoeTheRef
I totally concur and that's exactly how I read and understand that case play. To further add, if the coach states I didn't call a timeout or didn't want one, if you hit the whistle immediately and get ready to put the ball in play, there's no advantage or disadvantage gained. I would think common sense would prevail in this situation, especially when it is our responsibility to visually verify that the coach wants a timeout.
What's to stop a coach, though, from yelling for a timeout and if you don't look, denying that he called it in order to stop the clock?
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