Unanswered Timeout question

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by MJT

Why are they a continuing problem? I coach BB and officiate it and very rarely have had, or have seen a problem.

Did you read that POE? It tells you why the FED thinks it's a problem.

Btw, it's not me saying that, even though I completely agree with it. It's the NFHS rulesmakers that issue these POE's. If the NFHS says that it's a continuing problem, they're doing so from feedback received from across the country. And seeing that the NFHS issued similar POE's in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 rule books, it must be a problem that the FED thinks is on-going.

Imo, this is one of the worst rules ever. This is the most common problem with it. You've got a press going in the last minute with the ball right in front of you. The defenders are all over the dribbler. You're standing right in front of the offensive team's bench with your back to it. The crowd is noisy as hell. You think that you hear "timeout" behind you. Soooooooo......now you're supposed to turn, make sure that it's the head coach requesting the TO and also make sure that he really wants a TO. Don't think so. I ain't taking my eyes off the play. But.........the common sense associated with doing that sureasheck doesn't make no nevermind to the head coach. You're still gonna get the coach whining at you because he didn't immediately get the TO that he wanted. Or, as is being posted here, he'll say that he didn't want that TO and wasn't calling one-- even though his team benefited from the whistle.

Again, terrible rule imo.