Bonehead call

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Jim Henry

Sort of happened to me last night.

Visitor's coach is yelling "5-out, 5-out" but I hear "Time Out." It was his last time out with about 1:30 to go in game. They are up by 10 points.

He gives me a strange look and I said "Coach that's your last time out." Scorer says, "Coach said 5 out." Nevertheless he got a time out. Next time down the court he yells "6 out." I'm not confused this time!

Lesson learned (I hope)... Coach needs to use better commands and I need to look at the coach before I call the TO.

Had a coach a few years back at the JV level tell me before the game that he had a play called "Tide Out" and that it might sound like "Time Out". I wish he would have listened to himself and realized that he was not making things easy on himself. Obviously, it had been a problem before and he did not change the name of the play.