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Originally Posted by hbioteach
I've heard so many different opinions on handling timing errors. The casebook is only clear in a few situations.
A1 inbounds to A2. Clock does not start.
At what point, do you blow the whistle and correct the situation.
1 sec? (give the timer some reaction time to start it. Could be a long night with a bad timer)
2 sec?
Does your answer change depending on the score and time in the game. Close game late in the 4th quarter.
Same situation as before but there is a loose ball, no team control?
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Depends on how well I know the table crew.
I've had some table crews where I don't worry about them at all - they can handle *everything*, including coaches that bug them.
If I think the timer is inexperienced, I remind him/her that if they start it when my arm comes down, then it can never be his fault, and if there is a problem, such as the coaches being angry, it is always "our" fault.
If it is a close game, I go to the table during a TO or a FT where there is around 3 minutes left, and remind them that if anything will cause problems, it is the time not stopping or starting at the right time. I also might say that at times like these (close games), the people that keep the glue together at the end of the game are "you guys". I think it's true, too.
If the timer's ability is sketchy, then I give him/her a second, then yell to start the clock, then if after a couple it's still not going, I blow it dead and take a few seconds off. I try, when possible, to blow the play dead when A, on a full-court dribble, has the ball such that the ensuing throw-in will not be on the endline. That way A feels that they did obtain some real estate at the cost of the time coming off the clock.