Timeout/Layup = technical foul

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Hohn

What is that old saying, "don't do anything to make them remember you?" I think that applies big time here. The best compliment we can recieve as officials is to not be even noticed.

I am certainly not brewing up a pot of T here but I cannot wait for this myth to die a slow, miserable death.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I am certainly not brewing up a pot of T here but I cannot wait for this myth to die a slow, miserable death.

Good point. Making the tough call is part of our job, and if you do that you will be noticed.

[sseltser]

This isn't relevant to the enforcement of the play in question, but I thought I'd share this story from a game I had last year, to possibly shed some light on this "additional practice."

Boys 8th grade game...
I'm L in transition on a press break. A1 gets the ball and dribbles across half court and inside the 3-pt line to finish breaking the press. HC for A requests time out which my partner grants (I'm guessing the coach wanted the time out as soon as they crossed half court, but there was some delay in that communication).

A1 decides to take the final dribble and shoot, while B4 stands puts his hands up and steps in A1's path to stop him. A1 runs into B4 and is deflected to the side. All of this happened within a second or 2 following the whistle. In other words, I didn't think B4 explicitly sought contact or was acting unsportsmanlike.

A1 looks at me with a face, like I should have called a foul. He says "But he didn't let me get my free shot."

I was kind of surprised by his response, because I was always taught to give the ball to the official... I'm assuming it comes from watching all those NBA games where guys shoot the ball after the whistle every time. Now players are assuming that they get a free shot after every whistle.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I am certainly not brewing up a pot of T here but I cannot wait for this myth to die a slow, miserable death.

thanks for catching that, there's a whole lot of real estate between the guy who calls a T here and the guy who cowers so as not to be noticed. Don't be either of those guys.