2019 NFHS Questionnaire

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by CJP

In almost every occasion where I seen a coach lose his box, the game improved.

Because he can't stand up (with exceptions), or because he's one step closer to sitting on a cold bus in a cold parking lot?

[CJP]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Because he can't stand up (with exceptions), or because he's one step closer to sitting on a cold bus in a cold parking lot?

All I know is that the bad behavior that got him in trouble stopped.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by CJP

All I know is that the bad behavior that got him in trouble stopped.

Maybe the action of sitting is a constant reminder to him that he's one step closer to a bigger punishment.

[so cal lurker]

Personal observations from watching shot clock games in California:

Not that common for most teams, even JV or Frosh, to have trouble with the shot clock.

Most possessions that do have an issue get there because the team deliberately pulled back and slowed down, not because they could not run their offense to a reasonable shot in 35 seconds.

The biggest advantage, IMO, is that it reduces deliberate fouling at the end, as the team can elect to play defense for 35 seconds for a stop instead of fearing the other team will never shoot again.

It is not unusual for the operators to have a problem at some point in resetting or not resetting the shot clock at the appropriate time. (All resets are to the full 35.)

(The games I have watched have been at schools with sold programs--I have no sense how it would play out at less skilled levels.)

All in all, I think it is marginally beneficial to the game on a routine basis.

[frezer11]

I think the shot clock should continue to be a state-adopted thing. I know I represent the minority here, but living in Wyoming, we have a lot of smaller schools that sometimes put together teams of kids who barely know how to tie their own shoe, much less put a competitive team together. Often times these teams are just trying to run an offense without turning it over, so they'll run through the motion offense like 10 times before someone tries a shot (or they turn it over). They aren't trying to stall, they just don't have the skill to do much else. That would result in these teams taking poor shots more often than not. When you have 2 of these teams playing each other? I just think a game with 20 forced shots and 10 more shot clock violations is not the intent.