tech or not?

[kbilla]

his team was down 3 with the bucket by team A...there was another guy in the stands, veteran official and he said he definitely saw the words "time out" mouthed by him, but there certainly could have been a "NO" in front of it as in "NO TIME OUT"...his hands were stretched over his head, but not visually signalling T....it's a sitaution where you expect him to be calling timeout so you think you are doing him a favor, when in reality you should hold back in that situation....should be addressed in pregame with coaches that you need to either hear an audibal timeout or see a visual T....he was looking in my direction, but all of the action was there so i can't be sure he was looking right at me..

[deecee]

you guys did fine -- however why put time back on the clock? -- clock should have been at what it was when whistle was blown. now that is a screw up -- only put back the time if it was a timeout because thats when he called it -- he just got a bonus second or 2 -- clock keeps running after a make

kbilla our job is not to mindread -- if you think that maybe he was saying it or maybe he wasnt then you are not sure and just go inadvertant and play on.

[kbilla]

the lag time was not between the timeout signal and my whistle, it was between my whistle and the clock stopping, sorry for the confusion..i looked up as he called timeout and saw the 3.7 as i blew my whistle, i guess the ball went in around 4 or 4.2 then...

[deecee]

ok then 3.7 is correct - but you guys handled it in IMO -- coaches who want a timeout will make it very obvious -- they will be looking at an official,making a signal, doing a raindance, and drinking the blood of a goat -- there are times that you might even hear them and they could be 2 or 3 steps on the court to MAKE sure they are noticed. in 3man you should have had a partner much closer to him who might have heard exactly what he said -- the new lead would be a couple feet from him and the C would be around half court. but once again in that situation many would have done that -- then again didnt you know the TO situation going into that stich.

[kbilla]

i was L/new trail opposite table, the T/new lead had closed down slightly on the play so he was across the court...C had also closed down on table side so he was probably closest, but had his back turned...like i said i anticipated the TO call so i was looking at the coach...my mistake, but again had i known he was out i would have ignored him...

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by kbilla

...my mistake, but again had i known he was out i would have ignored him...

Rule 2-11-6. All officials should know when a team has used it's last TO.

The only other mistake that you made was not getting a kiss from the coach. After all, he did screw ya.

You'll never make that mistake again, will you? It's all part of the learning process, and we all went/go through it. It never really stops.

[kbilla]

yeah he didn't even buy me dinner!=) you are right though, that will never happen again...