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Originally Posted by hoopologist
No one ON the court (officials, players, coaches, the table) should be listening to anyone spectating, period.
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And so I thought, until ...
Two years ago. Girls varsity. Small magnet school. Held ball. I look at the arrow on the table and it says Red. I think it's White (I've got a whistle for direction in my pocket, as we're encouraged to do here in my little corner of Connecticut, but can't remember if I properly switched pockets the last time I should have), so I'm not sure. I give my partner a questioning look (no whistle, just a look) and he (who also has a whistle in his pocket) points Red, but with a questioning look on his face. It's my call, I figure two out of three ain't bad, and go with Red.
And then I hear a confident voice coming from the crowd, a parent, saying loudly, but not yelling, White. 99% of the time I ignore such a comment from the peanut gallery, but it just sounded so confident. My partner and I approached the table and with help of the table crew figure out with 100% certainty that it was indeed White, and I changed my call.