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Old Sat Jul 16, 2011, 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
Same here in my little corner of Connecticut. One hand reporting. Vocalize, "Four. Four.", for forty-four. That's the way I was taught thirty years ago, that's the way we're teaching it now, that's the way we're expected to do it, and that's the way that we're expected to evaluate young officials.

Nothing wrong with doing it any other way. When in Rome...
This is my thought: if you can get intelligent (someone has to be) people to do things that aren't part of what we do naturally - talking to someone - then that may carry over to other parts of officiating. I don't want anyone to do something that I want them to do based on my own opinion. I want them to do something that makes common sense and will help them become a better official.

Also, doing something just because it has always been done that way is something I never want to do. Where would we be if everyone thought that way?
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