help with first year partner

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I explained to him that we don't tell the coach when they have one timeout left, by rule, and because if we were mistaken, if they actually have none left, and we grant them a timeout, to find out that there was an error in communication between the table, official, and coach, that there would be a technical foul penalty, which, I'm sure, the coach wouldn't appreciate.

Is that any different than telling him he has none left when he actually has one? I would think he wouldn't appreciate that either. I know what the rule says but that guy you worked with does have a point.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by LDUB

Is that any different than telling him he has none left when he actually has one?

Yes. It's very different. No technical foul.