Holding the second horn

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Am I the only one who is overwhelmed at the thought of having a timer who knew without being told that there is a certain procedure involved in replacing a disqualified player?

maybe someone else at the table is whispering into the timer's ear

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

maybe someone else at the table is whispering into the timer's ear

Oh wonderful Just what I need, yet another distraction at the table. There is no need to whisper, just put it in a text.

[Mark Padgett]

I think you should tell game management you need a hornier timer.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

These are my instructions to the timer when I'm the R on a game. I want to control that second horn because that horn will likely result in a T if there isn't a sub at least close to the table. There are times when we do *not* want that, no matter what the rules say. For example: Team's getting waxed by 30 with 30 seconds left in the game and the weary coach is a bit slow getting the sub to me. I'm more than happy to step in and ask for the sub shortly after the warning horn, but I'm not worried if he takes a few extra seconds and no sane coach on the other bench would be either.

Of course, I'm lucky (no matter how often I reiterate this) to get the first horn at 5 seconds.

I always tell them "Hit the horn after five seconds" right after I instruct them to start the 20 second replacement interval. And because a lot of them still don't do it because they're so confused, I count to myself and tell them to hit the horn at the five second mark.