Help with odd Scenario

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by CountTheBasket

If he's smart enough to do that, he earned the 5 second rest for his defense. Again this is strictly rec ball, I don't go around like some renegade official changing rules as I please in HS. I just think sometimes you need to make some common sense decisions and know where you are.

You shouldn't award that type of thing. Sure, as somebody that appreciates cunningness, you may want to do this. But the bottom line is he requested a time out, so he should be charged a time out.

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Originally Posted by BryanV21

You shouldn't award that type of thing. Sure, as somebody that appreciates cunningness, you may want to do this. But the bottom line is he requested a time out, so he should be charged a time out.

Generally...I agree with you. In my case, after watching the guy interact with his team, seeing how unprepared they looked and how he conducted himself...he was nowhere close to be cunning enough to try to get a quick reset. He had a somewhat decent grasp of SOME of the rules but appeared to have absolutely no clue how to coach a team or teach basketball skills. If he is a good teacher of basketball skills his players were really bad when he got them.