In international basketball, only the coach can call a timeout.
The players describe him as a "sponge" and call him Coach Joe, even though he is not allowed to do any coaching.
"He might get up this morning and call (coach) Ampie (Louw) and say he wants to be at the track at one o'clock, " Van Zyl said.
Cracknell, who has not raced since the Athens Olympics, answered an emergency call from coach Jurgen Grobler to race in the Head of the River Fours race.
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After Pickrel's surge gave Michigan State a 25-16 halftime lead, the Spartans allowed the Red Foxes to get back in front with a flurry of 3-pointers, prompting coach Suzy Merchant to call timeout and deliver a very simple message.
Fisher opened the final period with a 3-pointer and Martin converted a three-point play and a 3-pointer as the Thunder went on a 9-2 run, prompting Memphis coach Lionel Hollins to call a timeout with the lead down to 75-73 with 10:08 left.
Nassib, from the Philadelphia suburbs, took a call from Giants coach Tom Coughlin, but wasn't sure what Coughlin told him.
After the match new Egyptian coach Mohsen Saleh refused to call any of the European based players for his friendly matches.
At least one trial observer had said there was good reason for the defense to call the former coach to the stand.
Pacers coach Frank Vogel had to call two timeouts, which pleased Carlesimo because his five men on the court could catch breathers.
"Roy Hibbert is making extraordinary plays in the pocket, poise in the pocket we call it, " coach Frank Vogel said.
Marquette didn't have a timeout left, but the officials gathered around the monitor to get the game clock right, giving coach Buzz Williams a chance to call his players over to draw up a play.
Wales coach Warren Gatland made the "brave call" to give Hook a chance at number 10.
And Dragons coach Paul Turner has backed his international call.
"We do everything in the new school, if you would call it, " said Butler coach Brad Stevens, a 36-year-old devotee of advanced statistics.
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But despite enjoying the best form of his career and with his coach, among others, predicting an international call-up, Brown is refusing to get carried away.
The proposal will ensure the play is reviewed and the right call is made, but the coach making the illegal challenge will draw a 15-yard penalty.
Washington coach Adam Oates had a beef with the second call as well.
Coach Howard Wilkinson was upset at the decision to call off the one-legged game, which was due to be played in Luxembourg.
Pogatetz, 27, was handed his first call-up in 10 months when coach Dietmar Constantini selected him for Wednesday's squad to face Denmark.
But with England's batting unit functioning so well, Pakistan coach Waqar Younis thinks the final is too close to call.
They have a flood of entrepreneurs, business folks and experts coming in and out of there to teach, coach and just deliver a well-needed wake up call.
"Every coach has a shelf life, " Sather said during a conference call.
Idzik and coach Rex Ryan answered about 20 questions during the 30-minute conference call.
Afterwards, Saxons coach Jim Mallinder tipped Bath full-back Abendanon for a possible late call-up to the full England squad for the World Cup.
Watch any college basketball game, and odds are you'll see a coach not only stalking the sideline but coming onto the floor to protest a call.
As Folk lined up his overtime kick the first time, Dolphins coach Joe Philbin did what he said he planned to do all along: call a timeout just as the Jets were about to snap the ball.
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Idzik told NBC's Pro Football Talk on Friday that Revis "reacted well" to the phone call, which came after the GM, owner Woody Johnson and coach Rex Ryan were non-committal about the cornerback's future with the team.
Leone Stars coach Ahmed Kanu told BBC Sport that the 20-year-old was given a call-up for this weekend's 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifier and has flown straight to Abuja from London.
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