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Old Wed Jan 05, 2011, 04:56am
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Originally Posted by VaTerp View Post
If a player is noticeably hurt then I always ask the player myself if he is ok. And if I hear the coach ask him and he responds negatively I wouldn't have given the ball to the player but instead confirmed that the player said he wasnt ok and asked the coach for a sub.

ETA- And I would NEVER say to a coach, "I thought he was going to shake it off." IMO that opens a whole can of worms, none of which are good.
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Originally Posted by BktBallRef View Post
Right here, TWEET! "Come get him coach and send me a sub."
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
Precisely....player looks injured, player says he's injured, player is injured. The coach need not be forced to take the timeout. Even if he asks for one for an injured player, I'm probably not going to charge them with it.
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Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer View Post
As soon as I hear that player's response to the coach, I'm calling time and getting a replacment. If for some reason, I allowed the play to continue like the OP, I wouldn't be charging the team with a timeout.
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