One Player, Four Timeouts

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

My skills in getting and reporting the number on a timeout have waned considerably since coaches started calling 95% of them. I had a player trapped last week and lost the number between the timeout and reporting it. Whoops.

I lucked out. Out of habit, I started to make the "C" hand gesture toward the table, then caught myself and glanced at the bench: "44 blue...60-second time out...start the clock, please!"

It might be better for the players to request time-outs. Teams could get a few extra seconds due to surprise recovery!