I was in the middle of one this year. My second that I can remember since moving to Wisconsin 15 years ago.
I got over it. Both times.
Some good officials, ones better than me, have had blarges.
Just like an inadvertent whistle in football, it's something that shouldn't happen, but does. When it does happen, there needs to be a clear, specific resolution to it. There is.
I still predict that JAR will pin his interpretation on the word "rules" and say that a preliminary signal is different. He would be wrong and everyone else should simply ignore him.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Thirty-six years for me. Zero blarges.
I've come close a few times, when I don't hear my partner's whistle due to the crowd noise, and I try to sell my call with a great preliminary signal.
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It's easy to not have a blarge in 2-whistle games.