Going opposite...

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Why are we assuming that going opposite will always make you the C? That will be true on shooting fouls, but are all the fouls you call shooting fouls? You're not going to be "stuck at C" any more than going tableside kept you "stuck at" T or L...add to that the fact that your crew should be rotating frequently anyway, and the whole concept of "being stuck" somewhere just doesn't fly.

"We" are assuming it because people assume too much.

Life is simpler that way.

I, for one, never heard anything at all about this being even a minor consideration when it was decided to go opposite table. The only reason is coaches got too used to being talked to, and that was because the officials were too willing to talk. I know I've been guilty a few times my self.