Bad Time for the Clock to Stop

[Coach Bill]

Originally Posted by deecee

I would not ask the timer. I either have a 5 count or I don't. By your logic we can argue the existentialism of any and all fouls. You have complicated a very simple task. Observing the clock, and subtracting from that the number you have counted to by adding layers of supposition and nonsense.

Say his 5 count was really 8 seconds, or no say it was 3 seconds, maybe say it was 4 hours. The 2 facts remain, 5.3 was observed, and a 5 count was conducted.

Subtract the difference. Your whole logic is so flawed with hypothetical nonsense that you have created a very arbitrary number of 1 second, what if 2 blinks of an eye were missed, or 3, or in fact a lifetime.

That's funny. Did you even read my post? "8 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 hours? Good one.

Scientific facts are now being called "Hypothetical nonsense".

I haven't picked any arbitrary numbers, I've just suggested that the accuracy "may" be off, and showed how it easily could be, and if you had video replay, I would guarantee it would be, by some fraction.

I guess you defy the laws of nature and are perfect. You can read a running clock to the accuracy of the exact tenth of a second and your 5 count is always exactly 5 seconds, and you always start them exactly simultaneously with your clock glance. Good for you. You should work at the NBA replay center and just tell everyone how much time was left when the ball went through the hoop. It would save a lot of time.

Everyone else, I recommend spending a few seconds at such a critical time in the game, to make sure everything is what you think it is.