[Doug]

Ya know how we are supposed to carry a spare whistle..., I started putting it in my pocket this year. I had a grade school game tonight w/ volunteer scorers (one of the coaches was my father, relevent from a previous post,and the other was the coach I had in grade school, and I had no problems, they both acted very professional and used reff instead of my name, I prefer that, I like to think it shows that I am imparshal (sp?) they got the arrow mixed up during the first quarter, the whistle in my pocket saved my me. I had no partner to turn to because it was a grade school game, and my father, the coach, felt that he only needed one official, but it wasn't that bad. the major downside was not getting the angle, but everyone seemed to understand I couldn't see everything, I don't think I will officiate solo for a while though... Getting back to the subject, I like the whistle in the pocket, Good luck

Doug