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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 03:07pm
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Why?


I've used this very simple process for the last 15 years and every successful official that I know does the same:

Coach: "Give me a time-out if it goes in."

Me: "You got it."

*** Ball goes in ***

Me: **tweet** "Time-out"


I know that this is going to bring out some Rulebook Robbies that love to get caught up in the minutiae of the rules, but this is such a great example of when common sense prevails.
I agree that common sense needs to prevail in many situations. However, in this situation we should still make the coach/player call a TO to avoid problems like I had last year:

2 seconds left, coming out of TO B coach says to me: "Whether they make or miss, I want a TO."

Me: "OK"

FT missed, B1 secures rebound.

Tweet, time out B.

Coach B flips, "I didn't call a time out! We had a wide open guy right there!"

Terrible coaching but it happened nonetheless. From now on I will always tell the coach/player, "OK, I'll be ready but you still have to call it."
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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 03:50pm
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Terrible coaching but it happened nonetheless. From now on I will always tell the coach/player, "OK, I'll be ready but you still have to request it."
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