Final TO

[Hawks Coach]

Jrut
Whoa! I would reply but I got lost in the middle somewhere. I guess you don't tell coaches, but it isn't clear why other than the simple reason that rules can be ignored if nobody told you to follow them. I understand not calling the bizarre, calling a game the way it is done in your region, etc. But this rule seems an odd one to exclude. You are right that coaches should know, and most do, but it seems a strange place to take a strong stand.

It is a rule, and, as I read the initial post, all of the guys at the camp got it right. Most said tell the coach or an assistant, none appear (from what was written) to have stated go into the huddle to give that notification, and one said don't go into the huddle. All of that is valid.

We coaches have a brief time in a TO to focus and send a specific message to our team. DO NOT interrupt that conversation to tell us we are out of timeouts. You can easily inform us when we are done with the TO or tell an assistant (who, as a team representative, can then decide whether or not to interrupt the TO with this info). I know the rule says head coach, but if I would allow any discretion, it would be to tell a member of the coaching staff and not limit it to the head coach.