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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
Rut...Why would you try and watch the clock? We shouldn't have to do that. We have the LED lights, the horn and in this game the monitor. No reason to look @ the clock again until there is a whistle or the final horn. Who cares what the media says. Center will make the call on the last second shot in relation to the LED lights or horn.
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You watch the clock (as well as other things) so you know if there is a malfunction or something else takes place that you can offer information. And looking at the clock is not meaning you only watch the clock. And if you really do not care about what the media thinks, then either you have never been in a game where the media is covering and you have never had a game on TV. This game was a nationally televised game, you better make sure you have some idea if that clock is running or not because when the supervisor gets complaints, they are not going look away from what the media is pointing out. I can tell you the teams will not be looking the other way; neither will the conference or governing body. And if this was just a HS game, I would want to be able to have all the information so that someone cannot say I did not do my job properly.
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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
Trail has to referee the backside of this play in the paint not watch the clock. Like I said before they would've had to know that the clock was running, stopped prematurely, & started again in order to know to look for that on the monitor review.
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It is very easy to keep an eye on the clock as the trail when nothing is happening around you. The players are all in the paint making desperate attempts to shoot the ball, there is no back side to be hawking. The Lead was all over this play and the center has another angle. Not much you are going to be doing as the Trail with bodies in front of you.
Peace