less than 3/10ths of a second left

[representing]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Whatever you do, say nothing about this. It is not part of your job.

That's what I thought so. Assistant coach of home team told my partner "hey, you know there's less than 3/10ths of a second, it has to be tapped in. You should tell the coach that". Then my partner came to me and was like "should we tell him" and I said "hell no, he should know that. Coaches thinks they know the rules better than officials, so he should know this already". Low and behold, coach probably didn't know this and the player actually caught the ball before shooting. Like I said, I blew the play dead right after buzzer went off and left. If the ball would have went in I would have had a lot of 'splaining to do!

[just another ref]

This is a situation I find fascinating. I've had it a few times. Player catches and shoots, obviously gets the shot away before the buzzer. I wave it off. Fans start to form a lynch mob. Then, if it's a little kids game, I have explained the rule to the handful of fans. Amazing to watch the changes in expressions.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by just another ref

This is a situation I find fascinating. I've had it a few times. Player catches and shoots, obviously gets the shot away before the buzzer. I wave it off. Fans start to form a lynch mob. Then, if it's a little kids game, I have explained the rule to the handful of fans. Amazing to watch the changes in expressions.

I've had to explain it a few times after the fact too - when asked.

But, as others have said, I'm not explaining a rule to a coach before a play.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by representing

Assistant coach of home team told my partner "hey, you know there's less than 3/10ths of a second, it has to be tapped in. You should tell the coach that".

The correct response is: "That's a coaching point; if anyone should tell him, it's you."