Situation with 5 seconds left

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Ref_ Fred

It was my first time working with this official, But not only 5 feet away, he was jumping up and down in front of him. He may have blanked out. Like I have many times when in my earlier years.

Also, I may have had a more of perriphial view of the court.

Maybe he just froze? Did you ask him? I think this is a situation where you should ask the official to why he did not grant the timeout. All we can do is speculate on reasons and give opinions (which at the end of the day mean nothing). Whether you worked with this guy or not should not be a factor. He might have not been very experienced and just did not know what to do. Also I feel the rule that has allowed coaches to call timeouts has made the occurrences of players calling timeouts rare. Maybe he did not know what to do in this kind of situation? Until you ask him, all we can do is speculate.

Peace