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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
I think that you are putting an unnecessary burden on your table crew and its entirely possible that you are going to give one of your partners information overload. What if you are working with someone who doesn't want to know about 4th fouls? They simply want to focus on the game and only deal with 5th fouls.
What about the crew that comes in the following game and the table notifies them of someone's 4th foul and they get confused? This could lead to serious communication issues with that crew and the coaches.
Overall, I don't like it.
As for your rationale of being ahead of the game, why not be two steps ahead and have the table notify you on each player's 3rd foul? Or be WAY ahead and have them notify you on 2nd fouls. ... 
Seriously, if you want to keep track of the player fouls on your own for game awareness that's fine, but please don't involve the table crew. You open yourself up to someone questioning WHY you want to know who has four fouls. There is an inherent perception of impropriety and we strive to avoid that. |
I'm not sure about having the table notify you that a player has 4 fouls, but I do think it is a good idea to know if a player has 4 fouls. I almost always know how many fouls each player has, especially if it is one of the better players in the game. I'm sure I'm about to open up a huge debate here, but we have to know who the best players are and who has what fouls. I'll answer the question that will get asked "Why do we care if a player has 4 fouls? if he fouls and its his fifth we need to call it" before it gets asked. While I agree if it is a foul we need to call it I do think there is game management involved, especially if we just called the player for his 4th foul and it was marginal. In this case we better make sure his 5th foul is an obvious foul. Let the debate and disagreement begin!