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Old Mon Jan 10, 2011, 05:53pm
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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
These are my instructions to the timer when I'm the R on a game. I want to control that second horn because that horn will likely result in a T if there isn't a sub at least close to the table. There are times when we do *not* want that, no matter what the rules say. For example: Team's getting waxed by 30 with 30 seconds left in the game and the weary coach is a bit slow getting the sub to me. I'm more than happy to step in and ask for the sub shortly after the warning horn, but I'm not worried if he takes a few extra seconds and no sane coach on the other bench would be either.

Of course, I'm lucky (no matter how often I reiterate this) to get the first horn at 5 seconds.
I always tell them "Hit the horn after five seconds" right after I instruct them to start the 20 second replacement interval. And because a lot of them still don't do it because they're so confused, I count to myself and tell them to hit the horn at the five second mark.
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