Beckoned And/Or Comes Onto The Court ...

[Raymond]

I have had quite a few occasions where I've looked at the coach to come on the court for an injured player and the coach just stood there.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I have had quite a few occasions where I've looked at the coach to come on the court for an injured player and the coach just stood there.

Been there, looked at that.

When I cautiously stop a game to check on a player and immediately see that he's alright and will be immediately ready to continue playing, I will give the coach a stop sign and say, "He's alright to play". Keeps me from having to explain why I could charge him with timeout to keep his player in the game, or sit his player for a tick. Also keeps me from having to explain why I stopped the game if the player wasn't really hurt.

I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on television. As an official I would just rather be safe than sorry.

[SNIPERBBB]

Why would you be automatically charging a coach the TO to keep a player in? You let them make the decision to take the TO or have the player sit a tick. Off the top of my head there is only has one situation where a TO is forced on the coach

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Why would you be automatically charging a coach the TO to keep a player in? You let them make the decision to take the TO or have the player sit a tick.

Not automatic, but if he comes out onto the court, it reduces the choices from three choices to two choices.

Official stops game for possible injury, or real injury:
1) Coach enters court, must take a timeout to keep the player in the game. Play on from point of interruption.
2) Coach enters court, coach removes the player and substitutes. Play on from point of interruption.
3) Coach doesn’t enter court and player is ready to immediately play. No timeout needed. No substitute needed. Play on from point of interruption.