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1) There's harldy a more irrational coaching practice than benching a player based on the number of fouls he's committed. While it might make sense to bench a player with three fouls in the first half, as a rule, it just doesn't make sense to take a player out of a game because you're afraid the player might have to come out of the game. Even with four fouls, you're figuring he's going to commit the fifth one at some point. Which strategy is more likely to keep him in the game, keep him in the game and hope for the best or take him out of the game and guarantee he's not on the floor contributing?
2) More support for a different timeout rule in basketball: Only one timeout allowed per team in the final two minutes of the game. Let the players play!
