Speaking of timeouts....

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Question: Does everybody report who requested the timeout?

Happened to me yesterday (except it wasn't excessive). Coach said, "I didn't call TO." I replied, "I know, Number 3 did."

Coach shrugged and went into his team's huddle.

(And, no, I didn't correct him on the use of the phrase "call TO".)

[APG]

The only real time I see players requesting time outs is in the situation JAR described. Loose ball on the floor, someone recovers the ball and tries to save a possession with the time out.

For what it's worth, I'm pretty good and identifying which player requests the time out and reporting it to the table.

[Rich]

I've found that scorers are less interested in getting the number -- by the time I've gotten to the point where I report the number, they're already looking down.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

(And, no, I didn't correct him on the use of the phrase "call TO".)

But maybe you should correct BillyMac on the post right above yours.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Now that coaches call almost all timeouts

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Now that coaches call almost all timeouts, we've gotten so accustomed to reporting that the "C" requested a timeout, it surprises us when a player requests it.

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

But maybe you should correct BillyMac on the post right above yours.

I'm undercover, pretending to be one of, "Them".