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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
BTW Jeff, I use the table side mechanic in all my 3 man HS games and it works fine in my experience. Pretty much similar to my experience at the above HS level. But if my experience is any indication there will be lots of confusion when it comes to deciding exactly what "going table side" actually means in practice, as you probably know yourself from last years mens NCAA 3 man changes.
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I have no "inherient" problem with going table side. But I think that most HS officials are not capable enough of getting coaches off of them when they have to explain calls.
I was at a meeting tonight with a particular conference. And one of the individuals in attendance is a D1 Official. And his comment was, "now we are going to see who can referee." Because his evaluation of this is that the officials that do not have the "presence" (his word, not mine) are going to get eaten up. And the sign of a good referee is when a coach is not going nuts when an official makes a call. Because either the coach realizes that the official is not having it or they or they are going to try to test them. And he went on to say, for HS the T numbers are going to go up.
It was an interesting conversation.
Peace
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Yeah, I hear what you're saying about officals knowing what to say & what not to say. During camps last summer & during my ncaa meetings last fall the thing I heard most from assignors is pretty much in line with what you heard from your D1 guy: going table side will be hard for some guys and the advice was if you were not sure at all what to say just keep your mouth shut. This might be harder for some of the HS guys to get, but the better ones won't have a problem IMO.