Defense Counting out loud

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Bcopas

Bench warning doesn’t apply since nobody on the bench is involved in the OP.

Then "knock it off" will definitely suffice.

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[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

A loud and emphatic: "Knock it off!" sends the message to both teams that they are not to do it and that it will not be tolerated.

If a HC questions you about it just tell him that the Rules specifically state that the Administering Game Official will give a visual and silent count and now one else will infringe upon the Game Official's duties.

MTD, Sr.

[HokiePaul]

If the OP, I'm probably ignoring it unless I felt that it was intended to show-up the official (i.e. if they had complained about a previous count and then started doing it - I could go straight to a technical in that case).

There's no problem with the offense counting out loud (I've heard the bench communicate before to let a player know they are closely guarded - "he's counting, 3, 4..."). I'm allowing the defense to communicate a count if they want -- again as long as I don't think it's being done to show-up/influence the official.

I'm more concerned with the coach counting out 3 seconds trying to get a 3 second call. The new warning from last year works well in that case if necessary.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Then "knock it off" will definitely suffice.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

A loud and emphatic: "Knock it off!" sends the message to both teams that they are not to do it and that it will not be tolerated.

Or, we could go old school à la Jack Benny:

https://youtu.be/Ra_cWKc36qg

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Or, we could go old school à la Jack Benny:

https://youtu.be/Ra_cWKc36qg

You don't really mean "old school" do you?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by grunewar

You don't really mean "o*d s****l" do you?

Sorry. Poor judgment on my part.