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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
You're seriously suggesting that somebody on the crew should be tasked with watching the clock while it's running at the end of the game to make sure it doesn't stop and start inappropriately?
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I do not know what you mean by being "tasked" with watching the clock. I watch the clock often so I know if it was started properly.
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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
Is this in the mechanics manual somewhere?
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I have no idea, nor do I care. I do not officiate only based on what is said in a manual.
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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
Are they teaching this at camps? Or is this one of those kneejerk reactions because "if somebody had been doing 'their job'..."?
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Yes it is taught at camps. I will give you a quick story. I was working at a camp a couple of years ago for a D1 Supervisor. I was working with two officials that worked D1 already (I did not know this at the beginning of the game) and we had about 3 or 4 timing mistakes in the game. I caught all of them and my partners had no idea. The evaluator (who is a current D1 Official) on our court went on and on with the two guys about how they would lose their checks and get fired if they let that kind of thing go. Then I was complemented heavily about how I noticed this and my partners clearly dropped the ball in this specific situation.
And as a current college official, when you deal with the shot clock I have made a habit to watch the clock in relationship to the shot clock to make sure it is started and stopped properly. Because when something goes wrong, it is looked highly by those that assign it, that those are mistakes you cannot have.
Peace