Delay of inbound

[crosscountry55]

Had a veteran official the other day who said to my partner in a critique, "you don't want to put the ball on the floor in that situation." An hour later I'm home watching a D1 game on ESPN2 and saw an official put the ball on the floor after a pretty short wait while the thrower was focused on getting instructions from the bench. Opinions are like @$$holes, I guess...

For me, when the wait becomes ludicrous and the thrower has repeatedly ignored me, I'll put it down. And yes, I sound the whistle when doing this; one final opportunity to indicate, "dude, I'm serious!"