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Originally Posted by ca_rumperee
How about this one.
Boys JV game, Team B parent is loud from the tip about this and that. Questioning calls, etc. Not a big problem at all, just very 'present'.
Just prior to half time, there is a held ball situation with 1.2 seconds left. Ball goes to Team A, they make a try... half time.
Partner goes to the table, and has the arrow switched... we head to our sanctuary... all is good.
We come out, ready to administer throw-in at the division line. We both (and the table) have it going... to Team A!
Team A parent is on it and vocal and loud, but players are in position, my partner (administering throw in) looks up upon hearing, but moves confidently. I knew immediately that the fan was right, but deferred how we would handle this to my R.
Ball inbounded, a few seconds later ball is out-of-bounds. I caucus with partner and say, "hey I think we got that wrong". Too late, not correctable. Partner says he was confident at the time, because he had definitely switched the arrow, and on we play. ps--turns out table had NOT changed the arrow for held ball with 1.2 seconds. I guess that I had made the same mistake at that point - not switching my possession marker.
Thinking back, if a player or coach had raised the point, I would totally have been more assertive about stopping play and getting it right. I guess I was reluctant to because it was from the stands.
I guess I'm looking for that veteran flavor here about responding to information from the stands. Slippery slope? Find help wherever you can find it? What do you folks have for me here?
Thanks.
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I believe in this case whether you are the R or U, if you have definate knowledge that you're about to give the ball to the wrong team, you need to stop the game and share that information with your partner. I think sometimes we officials get to hung up on "The R must be right... so I'll defer" but that's not what we are out there to do. My assigner says "Do what is best for the game..." and in this case, above is what I would of done.
In our games we have one scorebook at the table and before we leave the court, we confirm who'll have the arrow to start the half
and we have the scorer write down the color of the team whose getting it to start the half right on the top of the score sheet.
My 2 cents...