Late or inadvertant?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally posted by DJ
I guess it would be up to the official who called it to determine if he is going to call it a late whistle or inadvertant whistle. If it was late, time out has been called and the team is granted the tiime out and retains possession if it was inadvertant then they have lost the ball and can then request a time out. We kind of did a little give and take and were lucky neither side pushed the issue one way or the other and forced us to play our cards!!

I think you need to take another look at Mick's posting. In particular, the time out should be granted at the time the request was heard. It often takes a second or two to verify that it's the head coach making the request, but once the request is determined to be valid, it should be granted as being at the time it was requested. If you want to call it a late whistle, fine. But a request for a TO was made by the head coach while his team was in possession. You can't ignore that because of what happens between hearing the request and blowing the whistle.