Information to the coach

[MCBear]

Scrapper, your first mistake was in trying to tell the coach how many time-outs he had left: we NEVER tell any coach how many time-outs are left. We only tell a coach how many time-outs have been used. And usually we only communicate with the coach following their second time-out.

However, since you provided erroneous information, it should be corrected.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by MCBear

we NEVER tell any coach how many time-outs are left. We only tell a coach how many time-outs have been used.

Is there some rationale for this, or is it just because that's always the way we've done it. It seems like a pretty silly distinction to me. If a coach asks, "Do I have a time-out left?", are you really going to say, "I can't tell you that, Coach; but you've used one so far"?

[DaveASA/FED]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Is there some rationale for this, or is it just because that's always the way we've done it. It seems like a pretty silly distinction to me. If a coach asks, "Do I have a time-out left?", are you really going to say, "I can't tell you that, Coach; but you've used one so far"?

I think it comes from the wording in the book, R2's responsibilities are to signal how many times outs have been used. 5.4.3.b13
13. Signal at the completion of a charged time-out, how many time-outs each team has used

I think the point is to be consistent and always give how many have been used in an attempt to limit the confusion. That being said if a coach asks me "Do I have a time out left?" I am going to say yes or no depending on the situation. But when I tell them after they take a time out, I'm going to say "Coach you have used one time out"

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED

I think the point is to be consistent and always give how many have been used in an attempt to limit the confusion. That being said if a coach asks me "Do I have a time out left?" I am going to say yes or no depending on the situation. But when I tell them after they take a time out, I'm going to say "Coach you have used one time out"

Ok, this makes much more sense to me than to say we "never" do it that way. I understand wanting the signal to be consistent. That makes sense.

But if you think about it, a coach doesn't really care how many time-outs s/he has used. The reason a coach wants the information about the time-outs is to know if s/he will be able to take any more in that set.