NCAA Mechanics Question

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dj

my understanding is that is going to be a mechanics change on the women's side, not the men's. as i stated in an earlier thread, the ncaa women's mechanics are closer to the nba mechanics -- this latest change is bringing the women's mechanic one step closer to nba and wnba mechanics.

i for one feel the change could be very positive and wish they would adopt it on the men's side. (of course there are going to be some bumps in the road initially - just as there will be in the high school game with the extended coaches box). But there were a few T's given in games i worked last year that could have been prevented with this new mechanic.

one example.

i called a shooting foul from the Lead on the home team, reported the foul and switched to Center to adminster the free throws. as i was alerting the new Lead that we'd be shooting 2 shots, the Trail (who'd been the Trail the whole time) T'd up the home coach, mainly b/c he couldn't answer the coaches question and that frustrated the coach. under this new mechanic, i would have switched to the Trail position and would have been able to explain to the coach WHAT I CALLED.

again, my feeling is that if you've made the call you're the best person to explain to the coach why you made the call (of course some coaches won't like your answer, but they wouldn't really like any answer, and you're going to have to deal with that coach).

any thoughts,
Jake