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Originally Posted by bigdogrunnin
As for games coming down to 5-second counts, or BC counts. I have had at least 4-5 in the past 2 years come down to just that. And, when a coach is pressing looking for that call, or the offensive coach is checking the count to see if a TO needs to be called, I want to be "johnny-on-the-spot!" Totally agree.
As for coaches calling assignors or sending in tapes . . . I had a coach do that to one of my partners last season. He called our assignor and scratched the official because he wasn't consistently visible on his counts, and the coach didn't like it. It happened in a game that wasn't close (10-12 points), and he won, but I guess he had a point to make. Just thought I would share.
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Thanks for sharing, I would have never guessed that. So what I have learned is the coaches, or at least the informed coaches are watching your arm movements to determine count. I have always kept 2 counts. One in my head and the external arm movement, but they weren't always in sync. The one in my head is the one that I go by, but now I will make a bigger effort to stay in sync with my arm movement, based on this post/tread. I hope the assigner got back with the official so that he can at least learn. Too often, you don't get asked back to a school or a tournament and never know the reason why. I do not like that, but there's not a lot we can do about it.