[Back In The Saddle]

Assignments are the easy part of assigning, and new guys don't get a lot of them. The more difficult part of an assigner's job is dealing with assignments that are turned back. New guys can get a lot of these. If you are in frequent contact with the assigner, you stand a better chance of being in the right place when he/she has an assignment to fill. I tell my assigners that they can expect that I'll be bugging them often, and if it gets to be a problem, to let me know. I also keep my bag in the car whenever I'm available to work, just in case I pick up a game. When the opportunity arises, take anything that's offered. When assigners start calling around, they start with the people who have told them yes in the past. Be that person.