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Insult Me Correctly Please ...
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And it's A specific little corner of Connecticut, not some, as any one of each of the four corners, more if one counts the little elbows as corners. Of course I know of an esteemed Forum poster who always posts long rambling speeches (I knew Dr. Naismith, Blah, Blah, Blah, Yada, Yada, Yada) from a little corner of Toledo, Ohio. Hint: His initials are Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
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Not Me ...
Might be a poster from any of the little Connecticut corners, not just my little corner. Might be a poster that only posts inane rules arguments, or it might be a poster that only posts rambling speeches. It might not be me.
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On the one hand, I understand why teams pay less for scrimmages (or even nothing) than real games. It's a dress rehearsal for the regular season games they will later play.
On the other hand, it is really annoying how unseriously teams take the officials at scrimmages. They expect the officials to just go along with whatever they want, when it's not that way in the regular season. The thing that really grinds my gears is the non-standard rules many scrimmages are played by. Deleting the score, resetting fouls at the quarters, and in one private school scrimmage I did a few days ago, an automatic bonus situation with 45 seconds left in each period. All this nonsense makes it difficult to figure out what is actually in play and what isn't, not to mention the irregular uniforms making it difficult to identify players. I appreciate working a scrimmage or two to get practice, but not when you're required to do them for free. Maybe offer some incentive (i.e. have the scrimmages serve as an extra training/evaluation opportunity). |
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Unintended Consequence For Me ...
As do I. Back when we were working free scrimmages (that many didn't want to work), I could work as many as I thought I needed to get ready for the season. Since we started getting paid, everybody wants in on the money, I seldom get as many assigned as I think that I need to get ready for the season.
Most years just one is assigned. One year the only scrimmage I did was a girls scrimmage. My first "real" game of the season was a boys game, and I didn't feel ready for the physicality, rapid pace, and above the rim action. Not being an offseason (AAU) guy, it was the first boys game I had worked in nine months. I was like a "deer in headlights" the first few minutes.
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Coaches Hardly Complain ...
Same here (with one exception from an out or area coach for me). Coaches are normally too busy in a scrimmage worrying about possible starters, possible off the bench players, who's varsity, who's junior varsity, who's freshman, who plays well together, who doesn't, what old plays, or new plays, are working, etc., to worry about the officiating. We even use our rookie mechanics training classes in a few varsity scrimmages and coaches hardly complain.
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BTW, I live in Indiana and they have a set kind of scrimmage format to follow. They play games against other teams, but they have to do certain things like play zone or man to man during certain periods. And even have a format if you shoot free throws or not. The state I guess sets a standard and the schools choose a few options to follow. And we get paid for these. Fans from both schools and everything. Peace
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It's Their Show, We're Just There To Blow The Whistle ...
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Although it varies from school to school here, most scrimmages don't keep track of team fouls, thus, no one and one. Some will only shoot one shot for two shot fouls, teams don't need officials to practice free throws.
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Unless we are training new officials, we dont even bother reporting fouls in scrimmages. The teams dont really need us there other than to get them the feel of how officials are going to call fouls and and violations. |
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Dress Rehearsal ...
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If I sound like a tight-ass, you'd be surprised that I ignore fashion police issues (although I do mention them to players and coaches ("When the season starts ..."), except safety issues, like jewelry.
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Scrimmage Fees Increased In Connecticut ...
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Scrimmage Policy – the revised Scrimmage Policy is posted to the website. The Executive Committee (EC) increased the scrimmage fee for next season from $150 to $240 for three assigned officials and for years 2025 thru 2028 to $330. The policy will be e-mailed to school Athletic Directors. A 60% increase!
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