Would you put the ball in play or wait?

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

If I haven't addressed it prior to this point in the game, I'm not gonna screw someone at this point either.

One thing I'll normally do is when the 15s warning sounds, as I walk toward the huddle to remind them to finish it up, I'll give a quick short blast on my whistle. If I've noticed a team is normally slow to break up, I'll try to position myself near the head coach so that if the buzzer sounds to end the time out, I'm blowing my whistle again, and this time, the coach's ear is probably gonna ring for a couple seconds afterward.

I like this!

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Rich

One of my pet peeves.

Notify the coach, START THE CLOCK. Make sure the horn goes in FIVE seconds. Get to the coach, "I need a sub...."

Dead time in this situation is simply not good for anyone.

And pray to your deity of choice that the timer knows how to put 20 seconds on the clock. I had one timer once that gave me the deer in headlights and then set the game clock to 20 seconds. That was fun to sort out.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Welpe

And pray to your deity of choice that the timer knows how to put 20 seconds on the clock. I had one timer once that gave me the deer in headlights and then set the game clock to 20 seconds. That was fun to sort out.

I count the five in my head. Then I say "HORN, NOW."

For some reason that whole "five seconds" thing confuses timers.

[Welpe]

That's not a bad approach.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Someone should of.

Originally Posted by Rich

One of my pet peeves.

I thought you were about to complain about the improper use of "should of" instead of "should have"...

But you didn't. You were addressing the handling of the clock for the DQ'd player.

Originally Posted by Rich

Notify the coach, START THE CLOCK. Make sure the horn goes in FIVE seconds. Get to the coach, "I need a sub...."

Dead time in this situation is simply not good for anyone.

And that is exactly how it should be done.