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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
This is interesting stuff, Rut. Was the crew chief someone other than the referee? I started a varsity crew for next season and have six of the nine regular season weeks filled so far on my schedule, including 2 weeks with one of those contacts you sent me -- thanks, BTW.
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Our Crew Chief is our Head Linesman (5 man mechanics). He likes it there and really I do not think anyone else wants that job to begin with (crew chief I am talking about).
I have stated before that we are assigned games as crews and assignors are aware of the normal positions of that crew. It can affect our crew if certain individuals are on it, that is why we made the change last year by removing an individual at the end of the season. But basically the crew chief is given the contract and is of course the contact person for that crew and ultimately responsible for who works the games and informing the assignors of any changes. But when assigned varsity games, the assignors know who the Referee and the Back Judge are when giving out the game. And yes, it might affect who gets the big rivialry as compared to the two winless programs every game. Changes do happen from time to time during a particular game because crew members have job obligations or family issues that take them away from doing a game. But the crew makes those changes most of the time.
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
The contracts come to me as the crew chief and I am held responsible by the assignor, I suppose, if a crew doesn't show up. As far as I can tell, if a crew member doesn't work out all I'd have to do is replace that person on the crew. Is that what you mean?
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That is almost exactly how it is. It is not entirely on the crew chief, but he is the main one that will take the heat if things go wrong.
Peace