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Originally posted by Camron Rust
Sounds like it was done right. You can ignore what some have said about you shouldn't have been there. No matter what you do, there will be a scorer that messes up. You can't and shouldn't do thier job for them. You can check with them, ask if it's correct but that's about it.
There's a reaons that each team is supposed to have a scorer at the table plus the timer. With 3 people recording the scores and fouls (2 if the board doesn't show them), the coach can only blame the scorer and timer (which in this case are his own staff). If they were the visitors, he still had his own scorer who should have been checking with the other scorer and timer after every bucket and foul.
We can do a lot to prevent correctable errors but when the table gives us bad info, there's not much else we can do. I do try to verify that the foul count on the board increments on each foul but if the board doesn't show fouls, you've got to trust that the scorers are doing thier jobs.
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I think those who are blaming the on-floor officials are being a bit harsh. Correctable errors can and do happen, and it was handled by rule. Of course, you may have to serve out a 3-game suspension depending on what league you work.
One thing that I do is notify my partner(s) when we hit 6 team fouls. I'll walk up and tell them -- shooting on the next one and signal with my index and pinky fingers.
Of course, what if the foul missed was foul number 3 in the half and the board actually says 5 when the 7th foul was committed? We aren't going to catch all of those and those that think they will are deluding themselves. We try to make sure the boards increment, but we're not going to catch all of those, either.
Like Camron said, where was everybody else? Two books, two benches, and a scorer/timer and NOBODY catches it? Hey, let's blame the refs.
--Rich