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Old Tue Sep 30, 2008, 02:00pm
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Originally Posted by biz View Post
How about the calling official having good situational awareness. If I think I hear "time-out" being called by the coach of the team who has team and player control while said player is on a break-away with under 3-seconds left I'm ignoring it if I'm the lead (focusing on potential travel, foul, intentional foul calls) and if I'm the trail I'm looking at the coach to see if he is indicating a TO. Coaches who want TO's in the final minute of a quarter tend to be quite demonstrative.
I wish this were always the case. I've had soooo many "cool cucumber" coaches who will stand up, glance my way, quietly say "time out" and not even make a gesture, other than to tuck their shirt tail in. Give me something to work with, please.
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