Requirement or Courtesy?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by walter

In NCAA it is required. In the high school games I do, the Board I belong to has declared that we do NOT inform the coaches. The rationale is due to a state tournament situation a couple of years ago where the official scorer provided the wrong info to an official and subsequently, a "T" ended up being given later on when the Coach requested and was granted his last timeout when in fact he didn't have any left. After that, our Board's executive committee decided that our officials were not to notify the coach how many timeouts he/she had left.

Walter, there is no requirement in either the FED or NCAA to notify coaches how many T-O's they have remaining. The requirement is to inform coaches when their team has 0 (zero) remaining; that goes for both rules sets.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Walter, there is no requirement in either the FED or NCAA to notify coaches how many T-O's they have remaining. The requirement is to inform coaches when their team has 0 (zero) remaining; that goes for both rules sets.

And it is not the requirement that the official inform the coaches, it is a requirement that the scorer do so through the official. So we are not going looking for this information or leave our positions to give that information.

I really do not know why this is such a hard thing to understand. It is one thing to follow the rule, but to take it to another level is silly.

Peace

[walter]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Walter, there is no requirement in either the FED or NCAA to notify coaches how many T-O's they have remaining. The requirement is to inform coaches when their team has 0 (zero) remaining; that goes for both rules sets.

Correct, good clarification. thanks.

[Forksref]

In a close game, during a TO, I check with the scorer how many TO's each team has and inform the coaches, usually an asst. coach on the outside of the huddle.

I have no problem considering this a good thing to do. I guess I am not as "officious" and hard-headed as some officials.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Forksref

In a close game, during a TO, I check with the scorer how many TO's each team has and inform the coaches, usually an asst. coach on the outside of the huddle.

I have no problem considering this a good thing to do. I guess I am not as ".

"officious" and hard-headed as some officials"

Not really, I just prefer not to do it, it's not necessary.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by fullor30

"officious" and hard-headed as some officials"

Not really, I just prefer not to do it, it's not necessary.

You are only hard-headed if you are being asked to do something and you refuse. I have never been asked to do this, so I guess I did not have a choice to refuse.

Peace

[bob jenkins]

In many other sports, it's either required or a good practice to inform the coach of the number of timeouts used / remaining.

It should, imo, be the same in basketball (and I read the rule as it alreadybeing required, but to the extent the wording is "confusing" it should be clarified).

It's a mechanic though, so failure to do so doesn't relieve the coach from the ultimate responsibility.