Saddest T I ever gave

[SNIPERBBB]

You can figure out pretty easy usually if the coach is purposely ignoring you or not. If they are,l doing it on purpose, we arent giving them much slack here.

[Raymond]

When you put the ball down, follow it up by yelling the color of the team, "Red Ball".

And if an opponent did look like they were running to get the ball I would tell them "it's not your ball."

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[gunz722]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

When you put the ball down, follow it up by yelling the color of the team, "Red Ball".

And if an opponent did look like they were running to get the ball I would tell them "it's not your ball."

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Great advice reflecting back I don't think I did that at that time. I do normally when waiting to bring the ball in, but don't think I did it after I blew my whistle and placed the ball.


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[Mregor]

Have they been slow coming back onto court on previous TOs? That's when it needs to be addressed; not with 30 secs left in a 1 point game. Anyways, DOG warning is correct call; not a T.

[gunz722]

Originally Posted by Mregor

Have they been slow coming back onto court on previous TOs? That's when it needs to be addressed; not with 30 secs left in a 1 point game. Anyways, DOG warning is correct call; not a T.

They would push it every time. Coming out well after the horn. I didn't have to place it at all, but the coach is notorious for taking way more time than allotted.


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[Rich]

Originally Posted by gunz722

They would push it every time. Coming out well after the horn. I didn't have to place it at all, but the coach is notorious for taking way more time than allotted.


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Including this in your original post would've been helpful.

[Mregor]

Originally Posted by gunz722

They would push it every time. Coming out well after the horn. I didn't have to place it at all, but the coach is notorious for taking way more time than allotted.


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So you let this behavior go on all game and then with 30 secs in close game you use ROP procedure. I have a problem with that.

[VaTerp]

Originally Posted by gunz722

A gird from team B starts sprinting over to the ball on the ground and picks the ball up (I couldn't believe she was doing this and wanted to tell her not to, but I didn't want to effect a close game.

You have already acknowledged that you should have gone with the DOG warning and lesson seems to be learned.

I just wanted to offer my $0.02 on the line of thinking "I didnt want to effect the game." This is a dangerous line of thinking that I have seen cause problems with many officials, probably including myself, that I think we should steer clear of. It leads to overthinking and doing or not doing things that lead to trouble.

Just try to apply the rules intelligently with respect to game situations. As BNR suggested I would have said "its not your ball" or "its blue ball" to the player as I saw her about to grab it. I don't consider that coaching the defense. I consider it good game management.

As far as putting the ball down, I think you did the right thing based on your description and agree that many officials are too lenient overall on getting teams out of timeouts.

I cant remember the last time I used the ROP procedure I think, in part, because the one thing I make sure I tell coaches when we walk over for handshakes before the game is that, "We are going to be ready to play at the 2nd horn, have your team on the court." This is an area where assistant coaches can be helpful too in getting teams out of the huddle.

[BlueDevilRef]

There is an article about this very topic in the current issue of Referee Magazine. Good read