Subsitution problems

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I personally perfer blowing my whistle because if I do not, the horn might go off at the wrong time and it lets my partner know that I am holding them up for a reason.

I was under the impression that one of the IL State clinicians specfically sadi NOT to use the whistle (on most, normal, substituitons).

It is a specific NCAAW mechanic to use the whistle on subs.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

I wish people would realize that local custom and practice count for something. Using a whistle or not using a whistle is a trivial thing and sometimes it's better to adapt to the local custom than stubbornly point at a mechanics manual and convince others that they are "wrong."

Rich,
I would not go so far as to tell you that you are "wrong" for something like this. I actually just believe that it is an irritant and calls unnecessary attention to the officials. My preference is that the officials only get noticed during a game when they have to be. Otherwise, leave the attention on the players.

As for your point about local custom, I could well turn that around and ask why people in local areas stubbornly refuse to simply follow the manual and insist on adapting things in their own way. I've never understood why some people feel the need to make these little alterations.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Rich,
I would not go so far as to tell you that you are "wrong" for something like this. I actually just believe that it is an irritant and calls unnecessary attention to the officials. My preference is that the officials only get noticed during a game when they have to be. Otherwise, leave the attention on the players.

As for your point about local custom, I could well turn that around and ask why people in local areas stubbornly refuse to simply follow the manual and insist on adapting things in their own way. I've never understood why some people feel the need to make these little alterations.

The fact is they do. The book is not magical, all-wise, nor all-knowing. It's not revealed truth. It's a tool to get us all on the same page. And if some choose to do things different from the book, but the same as each other, have they not achieved the same end?

BTW, if everybody in a region uses a whistle on subs, the guy who doesn't is drawing unneccessary attention to himself by withholding it.