Do you stay in proper place on timeout?
 

I'm going to guess this is another when in Rome thing. I read in another thread about how after administering a timeout if you were the New L you would stay as the L. Around here when one partner grants a timeout the other person almost always grabs the ball while they are reporting and they will then administer the throw in. This causes switching some times of course. My question is what is the drawback of this? Is it bad enough that I should pregame with my partner and attempt to have us do it the "right" way?

We attempt to do it the right way here, but occasionally a switch happens without thinking. If you're the non-calling official, there's nothing wrong with grabbing the ball and going to your spot while the calling official reports the TO. Then, when he's done, throw it back to him. That will prompt him to go back to where he was.

When I worked 2 person I always did it just like Jeremy said above. The non-reporting offical would go grab the ball and stand at the designated throw-in spot.

Working three person we tend to do it like Rich stated...

Around here, the non-reporting official always grabs the ball and goes to the inbound spot. The reporting official stands on the table side of the center circle on a 30, and on the far side of the center circle on a full, and then prompts the huddles at the first and second horn. No idea if that is right or wrong, that is just what we do.

I will say I try to stay, but because of where we are after the timeout, we might just fill in. The person that usually stays in place is the person that would have put in the ball. Other than that it is hit and miss. And no one seems to care or ever says anything to anyone about this.

Peace

IAABO Mechanics ...
 

We don't switch during timeouts. After the calling official reports the timeout to the table, both officials go to where they were, as either lead, or tail. One official will stand where the ball is to be put into play, unless it's where the team huddle is, and the other will stand on the circle, close to the table for a thirty second time out, on the farther circle for a sixty second timeout.

We "bump up" most timeouts.

In 2-man, if the official farther from the table grants the timeout, he "bumps it up" to his partner closer to the table to relay the info to the personnel and stand watch at the circle over the two teams.

The calling official (in these cases) will spot the ball.

Do The Bump ...
 

We used to do this about thirty years ago. One day the "bump" got miscommunicated, the wrong team was charged with a timeout, and the "powers that be" decided that we could no longer "bump".

In 3 man I always give he ball back to the administering official, or I take it back if I'm supposed to be administering.

In 2-man I will deviate.