[zebraman55]

I totally concur with the thoughts on using the mechanics your supervisor desires. My only thought here is that you (and your crew) must be consistent.

If you wind the clock when the ball is downed near the sideline in the first quarter, then you must do the same with less than a minute to go in the half or game. As an earlier post indicated, the wind near the sideline is NOT just for the clock operator, but also for the coach. If the visiting team runs the ball toward the home team sideline, the runner downed near the sideline, and you wind, this is telling the coach on the other sideline that the clock will continue running. He can then strategize from there as the game progresses, thinking that when the ball is near the sideline, the runner downed, you will either kill the clock or wind. This, the coach thinks, will provide information for him late in the half or game.

If you change this, then he will feel he is not getting the info he needs to properly execute his plan. And, you provided that info earlier in the game and are not now.

Two winds is sufficient!

zeb