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Originally Posted by RichMSN
You can still watch the pack and keep an eye on the coach. Tell me that you don't look for a time out request when a team has just given up 8 straight points (or some such). Situational awareness.
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Agree...but to clarify that's got nuthin' to do with the point I was trying to make.
You
should be ready to grant that TO request. Abso-freaking-lutely! In this case the coach should be making you aware that he's gonna be asking for a TO. What the coach is doing though is trying to get you to do
his job, not yours. What he's doing is putting the onus on you to stop play when he wants it stopped, not him. If the coach is doing what he's supposed to be doing, he should be telling his players to call the TO as soon as a shot or a FT is made. Aamof teaching his players how to call a quick TO when needed should be part of their practice schedule. I agree that he also should be letting us know that he will want a TO under those circumstances. If he does that, then we can do what we're supposed to do---> be prepared for the TO request from either him or any of his players, grant it as soon as the ball is dead or in possession of one of his players and the request is made, and also take a look at the game clock immediately on granting the TO (in case we have to add some time back on).
Situational awareness can also include letting the coach know exactly what he has to do in order to ensure that he gets that quick TO that he wants. It's as simple as saying "Coach, as soon as the ball is dead, either you or one of your players holler for the TO. We'll be ready." You can also let your partners know if you get a chance too. If all of the officials in his area do handle it that way, he'll learn in one helluva hurry the procedure that he has to follow.
Again, jmo.