no timeouts

[MN BB Ref]

Hi,

I'm a 2nd year ref so I find myself reading this board religously in order to learn the nuances of the game. By doing so its become much easier to handle those odd situations that I might not have been prepared for previously. Now I sure don't claim to be an expert on the rules, but in this case I think there is another compelling reason to call the "T" in that many times when a player sees an opponent signal for a T.O. they become distracted by that or let down their guard. If that was the case, team "A" would be gaining a very unfair advantage over team "B" because the ref did not grant the T.O. request.

Also mnref14, I worked the game immediately prior to yours on 1/10 at STA. I had the opportunity to watch you and your partner officiate the 1st Quarter and I was impressed with what I saw. Nice job of managing the game.

Thanks for listening/reading and I surely welcome any input that you may have on this topic.

Later...

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

I've been to the U.P. I've fished in the U.P. A back garden still has Petoskey stones that my wife brought back from the U.P. It's a beautiful place.

Now if we could just do something with the Youppers...

Ha! I've been told the only thing wrong with NY is it is filled with NY'ers.

[fletch_irwin_m]

Maybe this will FINALLY give this closure:
JV game. Team A coach pulls a Pete Guillen and calls all of his TO's before the end of the 3rd. (He was up 10 most of the game). 1 minute into the 4th, Team B pressing, OOB count getting close to 5 (i assume, i was trail/new lead) and Team A player asks for the TO. Partner hesitates to grant the to. About that time, Team A player requests a TO from me. NO hesitation, Tweet "Time Out - White" Now comes the fun. Team A coach says we can't give him a TO or the resulting T since he had no more TO's and we knew it. Team B Coach says it is a Technical foul and Team A can't have the TO. I give Team A the TO, Team B 2 shots and the ball and off we go. After the game, partner says he wasn't going to grant the TO because they did not have any!! So I was properly educated by the board!!

BTW: My partner also told the official scorer each team had 2 Full's and 3 :30's EACH HALF. That was fun trying to correct!