Virginia-Georgetown

[DrC.]

Sorry guys, I am going to play devils advocate. I'll go along with not granting the timeout if it's an 8th grade game or less and it is an intown REC league. Otherwise, I don't think it's our right to not grant a timeout if one is requested. That coach has the right to be mad. If we told the coach and made the effort to tell him/her that they have NO timeouts left, then it is the responsibility of the coach to alert his/her team they have NO TIMEOUTS LEFT. This is a mental part of the game the coach and players have to deal with. There aren't too many mental parts of basketball for them to remember. Anywhere from the jumpball to the last tic of the clock. If they request a timeout a second into the the 2nd qtr or a second left in the 4th OT, I'm granting it to them and let the coach deal with the player about clock mgmt. A player doesn't MEAN to foul the opponent, doesn't MEAN to
create a violation but he/she does and we call it. Why should we treat the calling of a timeout any different ???
Boy, I had alot on my chest about that one!!!