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Re: From the Mouths of Coaches - 2013 Version
« Reply #50 on: January 30, 2014, 04:31:21 AM »
2 'trick' plays one coach brought to my attention during the pre-game chat recently:
-one of the substitutes enters the field and then immediately the ball is snapped... he was surprised that this is illegal
-another 'trick play' he mentioned was on a punt play. He's the receiving team. He planned not to return the ball, and if the kicking team relaxed and the ball came to a stop, pick up the ball and advance it. Even when I told him it's a dead ball by that time, he went crazy when we blew the whistle when he actually tried to run it... hEaDbAnG

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Re: From the Mouths of Coaches - 2013 Version
« Reply #51 on: January 30, 2014, 09:07:01 AM »
Don't be in a big hurry to kill the play when a punted ball comes to a stop.  The receiving team has a right to pick it up and advance. Give it a couple of seconds. It is not automatically dead because it has come to a stop. Perhaps the coach had a right to be upset?

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Re: From the Mouths of Coaches - 2013 Version
« Reply #52 on: January 30, 2014, 10:22:30 AM »
It is not automatically dead because it has come to a stop.
The rule is somewhat ambiguous in that regard and, as are a lot of other rules, subject to interpretation:

Rule 4-2-2e-2: "The ball becomes dead and the down is ended when any loose ball "Is on the ground motionless and no player attempts to secure possession."
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Re: From the Mouths of Coaches - 2013 Version
« Reply #53 on: August 18, 2014, 03:38:56 PM »
My favorite is the coach asking, "Why do you wait for their QB to throw the ball before flagging them for an ineligible downfield?"