Time-out Debacle

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by NewNCref

I am trail, on the division line table side, and about 10 feet out on the floor to see the action right near the division line.


A couple of questions about the situation.
1.) Was I, by rule, correct in what I did? Since B1 had control of the ball when time-out was requested, the time-out was granted and the ball given back to Team B.
2.) Could I have been in a better position to officiate this play and see the coach's request for time-out?

1) Yes. And don't listen to any silly monkey that tells you differently.
2) You were in position to see...and call...what was happening on the floor in your area. What happens outside the boundary line is secondary. You can only do so much with TO requests, given the inherent flaw contained in allowing coaches to request TO's. If the occasional TO request gets screwed up because you didn't want to take your eyes off the play, oh well. Don't sweat it. You'll get yourself in deeper doo-doo if you're watching the sidelines while a dribbler is getting the snot kicked outa him.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

1) Yes. And don't listen to any silly monkey that tells you differently.
2) You were in position to see...and call...what was happening on the floor in your area. What happens outside the boundary line is secondary. You can only do so much with TO requests, given the inherent flaw contained in allowing coaches to request TO's. If the occasional TO request gets screwed up because you didn't want to take your eyes off the play, oh well. Don't sweat it. You'll get yourself in deeper doo-doo if you're watching the sidelines while a dribbler is getting the snot kicked outa him.

Amen!!!

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You'll get yourself in deeper doo-doo if you're watching the sidelines while a dribbler is getting the snot kicked outa him.

You working mafia league games nowadays, Jurassic?

[Welpe]

Mark Dexter...now there's a name I haven't see on here in a while.