Are you admitting that you're wrong? Or you just don't want people saying that?

Yes, now stop rubbing it in.

Touchy. Or is that touché? :D

How about tuchis?

Too obscure. :D

How much weight has Rich lost for his tuchis to be obscure. ;)

Snaqs,
Just curious. In this situation, Team A (the team I coach :)) has just made the three to pull within one. Shockingly :eek:, I failed to keep a timeout for such a situation and only have "Webers" left. But, seeing that there are under five seconds remaining, I IMMEDIATELY and LOUDLY signal for a timeout, knowing that it will result in a technical foul. If the ball is still in the net on its downward flight, are you going to grant this timeout? If not, what is your rule reference for ignoring it?

Nope, a TO can't be legally granted because the ball isn't dead yet until it clears the net. And you knew that(semantics- but still important rules-wise).

Now once the ball clears the net......

Different scenarios.....

1) A TO request that was legally made should always be granted. Whether the actual TO granted was legal or not is a whole' nother matter. So no, you don't ignore a legal TO request.

2) If the team that just scored now wants to get a DOG warning charged though, then you go by the direction of casebook play 9.3.3SitD-COMMENT

Apples and oranges iow...

Note that I answered for SNAQs because I know he'd give you basically the same answer.

I will grant it for three reasons.

1. I'm not perceptive enough at this point to determine that the ball has not yet passed through the net, so I'll probably think it's through.
2. There is no case play or rule stating that I can ignore a timeout request that is made at the appropriate time.
3. (secondarily) The penalty for the excess timeout is sufficient that you won't benefit from this tactic. It's also the same penalty the book prescribes if you cannot ignore the violation.

Yep, but a bit more slowly. :)

Not enough. My partner the other night was in a pair of size 31 Sansabelts and complained he weighed 152 pounds. I'd have to give him 25 pounds and 2 inches (don't even go there) to even us out.

Who's block signal is this?

LOL! I am trying so hard to contain myself right now. You're going to get me in trouble at work!

Only in order to complete our previous discussion and finish it off:

Shut up.