Funny Moment

[reffish]

I've heard of a camp out west requiring officials to call fouls without whistles.

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by reffish

I've heard of a camp out west requiring officials to call fouls without whistles.

I get the intent...I think...

I'm all for training officials to be more vocal on the court. One of my biggest pet peeves is not being able to discern what my partner called or what's happening next because he won't speak up.

I don't think I would make officials do this, though, if I were running a camp.

[Stat-Man]

During one of my games three days ago, Visitor player goes to set a screen and trips up the home player. I blow my whistle for the TC call and after what's best described as a 1/4 chirp, the whistle pops out of my mouth . Thank goodness for lanyards.

I quickly grabbed the whistle, put it back in my mouth, blew it again, and reported the foul--doing my best to act like I hadn't missed a beat.

If it ever happens again, I'll have to do my best BNR impression .