Defense Counting out loud

[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.