No Timeouts - end of the game

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by Mwanr1

We always exercise our personal judgement even if the rule is perfectly clear.

What if the player said, "I DIDN'T CALL A TIME OUT, I said 'sideout'!" If the headcoach request for it, then it's a different case.

Coming from a coach, I might buy it (unlikely, though). From a player, though? I've never heard one of them shout "sideout" during play.

Your evaluator would also question your game-awareness. "Chi, you know White doesn't have any more time out, why did you grant it?"

I'd like to think that my evaluator would, I dunno, back me up for following the rule here. Game awareness is knowing how many TOs a team has left and knowing how many fouls each team has committed. Game awareness does NOT include changing your calls because of those numbers!

Grant the time out if the player says it "loud enough" (now with that you really need to use your judgement) or if he/she signals the time out. Game tape will always back you up if the player signals it, but cannot prove that he said timeout.

If you're worried about the 'consequences' of a he said-she said with some teenager over a timeout request, you might be in the wrong business.