Strange Night

[Old School]

Originally Posted by refnrev

Worked a boys JV game tonight. Partner was a newbie and had only had a couple of JV games. The guy calls everything... I mean everything!!! At one point we had 15 fouls and I'd called 3. At half the 3 guys for V are dressing in the room. They mention that he needs to let some things go.... several times. Second half, faster whistle. At a 60 TO I mosey over and mention that he might want to slow his whistle down and look for an advantage, etc. Must have made him nervous because his whistle speeds up.

Next time this happens, at half time show him Rule 4-27 in your rulebook that you should have with you if you're working high school games.

My bet is he was also calling in your area and watching the ball. So also mix in the conversation at half that he is working too hard. I believe he will be tired from making so many calls that by the end of the game, it will revert back to normal, in fact, you may have to reach into his area to get one or two because he's too tired. Guys that want to call everything, I just let them do all the work. They also get to take all the heat.