Time out positions - two man crew

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

It's called sampling and observing. You don't have to officiate with everyone to see what's normal in your area. Adam can get around that by calling a central assignor -- in my area(s), we don't have such a thing.

I work about 10-12 Illinois boys varsity games a year. Do I have to know how all the officials handle this situation to know the standard practice? BTW, I work the same way in IL as I do in WI and I've had no complaints.

I did not say you had to work with everyone at all. I said that if you do what works for you, they will adjust. If the rules are clear what to do, and then you have more cover if you follow the rules. I work in many conferences and not every assignor agrees on what to do and how to do things. Some assignors are stickler for some rules and others are much more lax on others.

I work all over northern Illinois from the city of Chicago to south of the Quad Cities. Just make a call and the coaches will adjust (at least the good ones will). I do not drastically change what I do to accommodate every coach and their concerns.

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

If one coach flips cause we don't put the ball on the floor when the other team's late, I need to investigate whether that's expected.

I agree the more you know it will make it easier on you as an official. But I work too many places to agonize over those things. I likely passed 20 schools or more to get to the particular school I am working any given night.

Peace