Time out positions - two man crew

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

Does every post you make quote a rulebook or manual passage? Not all the answers are in there. Many things are, in my experience, regional in nature.

Edited to add: I don't mean this as harsh as it sounds -- I think Adam's post below is the perfect response.

No offense taken, Rich. I do make a sincere effort to follow the rules that the NFHS has written. I don't believe that it is a good idea for individual officials to capriciously toss them aside and administer the game however they wish.

As for Adam's thoughts, I know that I have backing. Afterall, AAR is my association president.

[Raymond]

What's the big deal about putting the ball down?

I did it in my 1st or 2nd JuCo game of the season. Team A was ignoring my partner's 1st & 2nd horn warnings so he looked at me and nodded for me to put the ball down. As soon as the team broke the huddle I hit my whistle and put the ball on the floor. They hustled to the throw-in spot and got the ball in before I reached '5'. Didn't have that problem the rest of the game.

Had a BV where the defensive team (Team B) was late getting out of huddle. As soon as they broke their huddle I hit my whistle and gave ball to A1 for throw-in. Team B ending up committing a shooting foul. While administering the 1st free throw I heard Coach B yelling. I thought he was yelling at me. But he wasn't, he was yelling at one of his players who didn't hustle to get to his man after breaking the huddle.

We need to set the tone for time-outs, not the coaches.