No timeouts...but coach wants one

[lmeadski]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett

Just curious - have you had situations where the scoreboard was incorrect on the number remaining and, for instance, a coach thought he had one left but didn't? What would you do? I know the proper thing is to check so that doesn't happen, but has it ever happened to you?

Also, is there a reason you inform the coach of timeouts left at the end of the second half as you state above?

I am following what our association recommends we do, or, does as matter of practice. I believe it is to help with game management: to avoid the problems of inadvertantly taking timeouts and drawing Ts, keep good relations with coaches, etc. The referee does this in all of our games and is welcomed by the teams. I have only had a few games where they keep them on the scoreboard, and we did check to ensure it was consistent with the book. I have never had a discrepancy on timeouts. However, we have had a discrepancy with fouls before.