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Originally posted by Dan_ref
This was wrtten by Jurasic deep within another thread:
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Hawks Coach,try this one on for size.Eight seconds to go,A scores and is down 1 point,A calls TO after B grabs ball and is just stepping over the end line for throw-in---noting that you certainly know the rule,what do you want called if:
1)You are the A coach.
2)You are the B coach.
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I think it deserves it's own thread. I, for one, have
made "late" TO calls after a made basket and I do it
because almost always neither coache complains. On the
other hand, if I don't grant the TO one of the coaches
is very, very p***ed, and he is correct because I should
have anticipated the TO call. Well?
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My own feeling is that the key word is "late".Late means that you shouldn't really grant the TO request under the rules.If you do,you're putting yourself into the game as a possible factor when you shouldn't be.Instead of the team in-bounding the ball being able to legally run 4.9 seconds off the clock before doing something,you're saving the defensive team that time as well as allowing them to set up on defense.I don't have a problem with granting a TO before the team throwing it in gets over the end line,or if they're just standing there in-bounds wasting time.You have to be fair to both teams.JMO.