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Originally posted by JRutledge
Having a tough start of the season? 
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Not so much tough, Jeff. It's just that two nights in a row, I've had seemingly normal situations go almost irretrievably wrong. We handled them properly, I think, but it just frustrates me to have a wonderful game like last night and have this big SNAFU with 30 seconds left. Frustrating, more than tough. But yeah, it could be going better.
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Originally posted by Nevadaref
Is he trying to get an advantage by telling you this? I say yes
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I can only tell you that if he really wanted me to blow the whistle, then he deserves to be making movies, not coaching basketball. He would be one heckuvan actor. He was seriously pissed that I stopped the play. I would agree with you that he probably got an advantage out of it; it definitely took the pressure off his guard. But I honestly don't think he saw it that way. He was pissed.
And from the way I wrote it, maybe it sounds like there was a big pause between "Time out" and "if we score"; but there wasn't a big pause. He was just finishing his sentence, but I'd already blown the whistle. So he wasn't trying to sucker me into it. I suckered myself. (I think that's still illegal in 48 states!)
Chuck