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Originally Posted by Mwanr1
We always exercise our personal judgement even if the rule is perfectly clear. 
What if the player said, "I DIDN'T CALL A TIME OUT, I said 'sideout'!" If the headcoach request for it, then it's a different case. |
Coming from a coach, I might buy it (unlikely, though). From a player, though? I've never heard one of them shout "sideout" during play.
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Your evaluator would also question your game-awareness. "Chi, you know White doesn't have any more time out, why did you grant it?"
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I'd like to think that my evaluator would, I dunno, back me up for following the rule here. Game awareness is knowing how many TOs a team has left and knowing how many fouls each team has committed. Game awareness does NOT include changing your calls because of those numbers!
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Grant the time out if the player says it "loud enough" (now with that you really need to use your judgement) or if he/she signals the time out. Game tape will always back you up if the player signals it, but cannot prove that he said timeout.
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If you're worried about the 'consequences' of a he said-she said with some teenager over a timeout request, you might be in the wrong business.