Minnesota vs. Iowa video request

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich

The lead would be right in front of this coach or pretty close to him. He can see if the player possesses best he can and make a decision.....JUST AS WE DO in a HS game. To me, there's a better chance of granting this timeout with a coach allowed to request it.

Yeah and I tend to not grant timeouts in high school games that far away when possession is at issue.

Originally Posted by Rich

I do think the player in the middle of the floor requests a time out in time, but there's no way the crew is getting that quickly enough.

That is my point.

Originally Posted by Rich

What are you SAVING the crew from? One missed travel call early in the first half?


If that damages the crew credibility, then the crew has damned little to begin with.

And egregious violation that is obvious is a crew saver. It has nothing to do with the time of the game IMO. Because you can go games and not have a situation where no such egregious situation even taking place. This was one of them.

Originally Posted by Rich

That said, if I see it out of my peripheral, I'm coming to get that. It's obvious and out in the open. But what if I'm watching two post players banging for position and I don't see it? It gets missed, life goes on.

It was not out of the corner of his eye. The competitive match-up in his area changed.

Peace