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Originally Posted by Brad
Why?
I've used this very simple process for the last 15 years and every successful official that I know does the same:
Coach: "Give me a time-out if it goes in."
Me: "You got it."
*** Ball goes in ***
Me: **tweet** "Time-out"
I know that this is going to bring out some Rulebook Robbies that love to get caught up in the minutiae of the rules, but this is such a great example of when common sense prevails.
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I agree that common sense needs to prevail in many situations. However, in this situation we should still make the coach/player call a TO to avoid problems like I had last year:
2 seconds left, coming out of TO B coach says to me: "Whether they make or miss, I want a TO."
Me: "OK"
FT missed, B1 secures rebound.
Tweet, time out B.
Coach B flips, "I didn't call a time out! We had a wide open guy right there!"
Terrible coaching but it happened nonetheless. From now on I will always tell the coach/player, "OK, I'll be ready but you still have to call it."