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Originally Posted by fiasco
He's living in a world where the rule explicitly states that the scorer has a responsibility to inform the coach through the official when a team has used all its allotted time outs. And the same world where, if an official determines that a scorer misapplies a rule or just plain doesn't know what they're doing, they can be replaced by the official.
That may not be the way you would do things, but that doesn't change the fact that it's in the rule book.
You seriously need to ease up. The guy brought up a legitimate point, and you're throwing a hissy fit over it.
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I am only responding to you because you responded to me. Honestly you could go fly a kite as far as I am concerned, but you are an official and he is not. Because some official is reading this and now they have put an element in their mind they would not ever have thought about from a non-official.
Are you getting rid of a scorer that fails to tell you the timeout situation? You already answered and it is no. And where in the rules does it say we must get rid of a scorer if they fail to follow the letter of the rules? Or better yet, tell me how many times you have done this in your career? How did that work out for you? The point is we are still penalizing the team and in most cases the coaches are extremely aware of their situation. If they are aware of other score book issue, I think they can know when they call a timeout. Most of the time it is a coach that tells what kind of timeout they have left when we ask if they want a 60 or 30 second timeout.
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Originally Posted by fiasco
Would I ever replace the scorer in this instance? No, but that doesn't mean it's not right there in the rules. So why are you blowing him off with such vehemence?
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Have you ever read chseagle's comments? Have ever read anyone's responses to his comments other than me? Do you know anything about his background or what he tells people his role is? I am actually being nice compared to others on this board that comment.
He is not an official. He makes many comments about scorer's duties that have nothing to do with our jobs or responsibilities. He has even suggested that he has some authority that he does not have under the rules on many occasions. Not sure what I said was vehemence, but frustration that this conversation was not about removing the score keeper. And if someone did this they might not be working very long at the school or with the assignor.
Peace