Cadillac Position ...

[Rich]

I started in the 1980s. I remember this all too well along with having to "score" every basket and using the wrist flicks to count.

Some things belong in the past. For example, I've worked one 2-person game in the last five years (it was during COVID and one of the crew tested positive too late to get a sub).

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

I started in the 1980s. I remember this all too well along with having to "score" every basket and using the wrist flicks to count.

I will occasionally and absent mindedly put up one finger (one point) after a successful free throw.

Remember when the numerals one and two were illegal uniform numbers?



IAABO guys and gals in Connecticut still use the wrist flick to count ten seconds for a free throw.

When I get to ten I continue to eleven and so on and so on ...

Originally Posted by Rich

Some things belong in the past.

Amen.

As we've all well learned in all the Jurassic Park franchise movies.

[JRutledge]

Over the years, this has meant different things to various people. The gist of it, honestly is was, "I do not have to do anything."

I am sure that was not the intent, but that is how it was often described. Not directly, but it was used to convey that "I am staying where I am and not moving much."

I came at the time when 2 person for varsity games were turning into 3 person almost overnight. There were a lot of personal philosophies people had and did not use things or to confuse themselves. Many treated 3 person as easier because they did not have to move. I am sure that is not what it was, but just remember how it was talked about by some big old-timers. And I am kind of that myself, but came in at a different time than many of them.

Peace