Rich's area - Is it time to drop the 3-man officiating crew?

[Raymond]

A GOOD 2-person veteran official will not look horribly out of place when first starting out in 3-man. They will at least know to call obvious fouls and violations in whatever area they are looking at (primary or straying to secondary) and they will look for cues from their partners to see where they should rotating to. The rest is either window dressing or can be compensated for by the other 2 crew members. An official who looks completely out of place in 3-man, most likely looks that way in 2-man also.

I still believe brand new beginners need to be taught 2-man exclusively if that's all that's going to be working in their first season. Teach them 3-man after their first season. The ones who want to be good will seek out the training necessary in the off-season.

JMHO