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Originally Posted by Tio
I think the crew needs to be aware of the timeout situation. I always keep track of when a team burns both it's 30 sec. timeouts so you immediately send the teams into a full rather than take the time to ask the coach (who usually is worried about his team once you grant the timeout). An aside, in my first 4 year college game, the coach did this and I sat there waiting and got no indication before granting a full timeout. This of course burned the first media timeout which pissed the coach off and was not a good start for me this night! Just something to think about moving forward...
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
I don't understand how this was your fault.  Are you saying that any time-out taken before the 1st media time-out of either half should be assumed to be a 30-second T/O? |
In short yes. I did not know this either however this is how it was explained to my crew by a clinician this past weekend.
One of my partners went near the huddle to find out if he wanted a full/30. The clinician explained that its not a good idea to get near the huddle at the beginning of a timeout, (makes sense, coach is usually upset at something/someone).
Beyond that he went to explain that in a college game with media timeouts, 99/100 times the coach will always want a 30 sec timeout. The only time he will ask for a full is when he knows he's out of 30's.