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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by wwcfoa43
I have even had a coach ask during a free throw "How long does the player get?" After the throw I told him matter-of-factly "As long as he wants coach."
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That one could be a mistake imo. What are you gonna do if he tells one of his players to just stand at the FT line and just hold the ball? You're also admitting to that coach that you're ignoring a very plainly written rule.
I think it's better in these case to just nod your head to show the coach that you're listening, or make a very brief comment like "I'll watch for it, coach". Iow, it's OK to do it but don't admit it.
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Perhaps I should have used the phrase "As long as he needs" so that the coach could not use a literal interpretation against me.
I do agree that there are times when we tell coaches that "we will look for it" when we have a different view of what is happening on the court. This is okay because we are not really misleading them.
In this case I think it is a bad idea to say "I will look for it." The coach knows you are either ignoring the rule or cannot count to 10. If you tell him that you are counting and do not then you leave him thinking that you cannot count (or worse that you lied to him!)
In this particular game I knew the coach would not try and use this against me and what I was doing was explaining why the player was allowed longer than 10 seconds to shoot. By being honest I allowed him to stop complaining about my "poor counting skills."
Fri Dec 30, 2005, 12:52pm
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