Pre-game crew meeting

[M&M Guy]

Originally posted by rainmaker
This IS how it seems to be, but sometimes it's frustrating for me. When I'm U (two-whistle) and the R wants to pre-game about something that happened last week, or whether the Sox or the Cubs are gonna win the Super Bowl, I feel cheated. THen when a sitch comes up in the game, I want to say, "Hey if we'd talked about this ahead of time, this wouldn't be happening now!" So what can a U do, when the R doesn't take the lead appropriately in the pre-game?

This has happened to me as well, and I've felt uncomfortable trying to tell the (usually) more veteran partner we need to talk about a few game items. Dan and icallfouls have good suggestions about trying to steer the conversation back to the pre-game. Don't be afraid to ask questions. I've been told if I don't ask the questions, then it's just as much my fault if we don't have an adequate pre-game. Of course, if you're the veteran, you can take charge even if you aren't the R.

Fortunately, the higher level the game, the more the supervisors want, and require, a good pre-game. I have one supervisor that tells us if he hears that a crew didn't have a pre-game, that entire crew might lose their next assignment.