Home and visitor book not matching

[deecee]

I had one BV occassion where i go to check the book before the game started and the home book was completely only half done and the scorekeeper no where in sight. The visiting book was complete and their scorer was there and ready to go. I chatted with her for 1 minute and my confidence in her (mostly for being there and ready) was higher than the home book so I made the V book the official book. The home scorer returns with about 3 minutes to tip off and when we go to meet the coaches says something along the lines of the book is ready if you want to check it. I told him no need that the V book was the designated official book for the game.

He was upset and told the HC who then questioned my decision. As the HC started talking I told him I can make the H book the official book but then There will be an administrative T against his team for the book not being ready in time. Can you guess which book was the official book for the game?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by deecee

There will be an administrative T against his team for the book not being ready in time.

The book doesn't need to be ready in time. The teams just need to give the information to the scorer(s) in time. And, since the V book was complete, my guess is that the teams complied with that.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

The book doesn't need to be ready in time. The teams just need to give the information to the scorer(s) in time. And, since the V book was complete, my guess is that the teams complied with that.

I was thinking deecee may have said that only because he wanted the v-book to be official, but that too may be a bad idea because it gives the coach wrong information for the future.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

The book doesn't need to be ready in time. The teams just need to give the information to the scorer(s) in time. And, since the V book was complete, my guess is that the teams complied with that.

At the time I misspoke and we also dodged another contentious moment in that the information that the V scorer copied had the correct starters. IF that wasn't the case I could see any hope of communication with the H coach would have probably ended there for the game.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by deecee

At the time I misspoke and we also dodged another contentious moment in that the information that the V scorer copied had the correct starters. IF that wasn't the case I could see any hope of communication with the H coach would have probably ended there for the game.

If V is designated "official" and V mis-copies the starters, then that's still not an issue.

(Well, it's not a T. It can lead to an issue if H now doesn't trust V.)

[deecee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

If V is designated "official" and V mis-copies the starters, then that's still not an issue.

(Well, it's not a T. It can lead to an issue if H now doesn't trust V.)

IF the starters were never given to them because V just went to the H book and copied what they had and looked to a previous game that had the starters listed and used that?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by deecee

IF the starters were never given to them because V just went to the H book and copied what they had and looked to a previous game that had the starters listed and used that?

Well, that's different from the previous scenario (or the assumptions made in the previous scenario). And it doesn't matter whether it's the H book or the V book.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Well, that's different from the previous scenario (or the assumptions made in the previous scenario). And it doesn't matter whether it's the H book or the V book.

I agree.