ROP, twice in one game

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by packersowner

I'll say it again, there is a time and place where this is necessary. However, you can watch games at every level with the best officials in the country, there is no way they are putting the ball on the floor 99% of the time as soon as the 2nd horn sounds.

You'd be mistaken.

I worked with one of the top officials in the state a couple years back who did just that. He had told the captain, he had told the coaches in the pre-game meeting. On the first timeout where they were a bit slow, he prodded them out. Next timeout, he put the ball down right after the 2nd horn.

The coach who had possession later said to him, with a smile, ", you only warned us 3 times" and some other words basically saying they were fairly instructed.

Some officials may not be able to pull it off so smoothly, bit it is done.

[packersowner]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You'd be mistaken.
I worked with one of the top officials in the state a couple years back who did just that. He had told the captain, he had told the coaches in the pre-game meeting. On the first timeout where they were a bit slow, he prodded them out. Next timeout, he put the ball down right after the 2nd horn.

As I continue to say, there is a time and place. If you have warned both teams and let them know in pre-game is definitely deserved. Based on the original post they hadn't discussed it or even warned either team. They just put the ball down.

[Adam]

About 50% of the time I put the ball down, I hear parents yelling, "He's counting, hurry up!"

Oddly, the defense hardly ever seems to be late.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by packersowner

Like it or not, putting the ball on the court and counting makes you look like a jackass who is there to collect his paycheck which is the same guy who is pissed when the game isn't over in 32 and half minutes.

That statement makes you look like the jackass. You're speaking as a coach, so it really has no merit. The RPP as a very effective tool when needed.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by packersowner

I have witnessed officials do this before as a coach and I think more often than not, it's the official trying to show up the coaches.

No sir. It's the official saying, "Time's up. Let's move this game along."

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by bainsey

last week, competitve ms girls.

Start of the second quarter, v's ball, my partner is the r. The second warning horn sounds, and both teams are still huddling. My partner looks at me, i nod, and he sets the ball down and starts counting.

Team v doesn't have a clue, but team h comes out of the huddle, sees the ball, and high-tails it to the opposite side to pick it up. Tweet, dog warning, and v has been bailed out.

Cut to the third quarter, 30-second time-out, v's ball, opposite sideline. H is on the floor in time, but v is still huddling at the second buzzer. This time, i perform the rop, but this time, the right time sprints to beat the five-second count.

The humorous part was a loudmouth in the second row who didn't like the rop one bit. (tweet, red ball) "give them a warning, give them a warning." (ball set.) that's crap! That's crap!" i wonder how he and his team missed both warning horns, both times.

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