Administrative Technical

[tmp44]

I know it was only a JH game, but it could have been avoided had the book been checked prior to tip....

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tmp44

I know it was only a JH game, but it could have been avoided had the book been checked prior to tip....

Do you match every number on the floor to the book? What if the player was in the locker room at the time?

You can reduce the chances of error, but you can't always avoid it. Heck, we had one in a JuCo game last week.

[Nevadaref]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmp44
I know it was only a JH game, but it could have been avoided had the book been checked prior to tip....

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Do you match every number on the floor to the book? What if the player was in the locker room at the time?

You can reduce the chances of error, but you can't always avoid it. Heck, we had one in a JuCo game last week.

Bob, one doesn't need to do a one-to-one matching to catch the mistake in this case. The kid started the game! So he has to be marked as one of the five starters in the book. If the R looks to see that five starters are marked, then he might catch this one. Of course, if some other kid was marked as a starter, then one is still out of luck.

Chessref, the kid for the visitors who wasn't in the book was a starter and on the floor, right? If he was still on the bench, then I'm sure that you know thaht there is no T unless he plays.

[BLydic]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Do you match every number on the floor to the book? What if the player was in the locker room at the time?

How about a count of players in the book vs. a count of players on the court during warmups. If there's a discrepency, ask the coach where the missing player is or tell him/her to add a player to the book.

[Adam]

If you're missing a player in the book, and there's a player in the locker room, you won't catch it.

Or, if the coach swaps out scrubs every other game and forgot to update his book....

There won't always be a discrepancy.

[tmp44]

I didn't mean that the problem will be corrected every time you count the players .. Snaq makes a good point about the player being in the locker room. However, and I'm guilty of it as well, if a "scorebook" technical has to be called, don't be surprised if it falls on us if the book wasn't checked and it COULD (as I stated in my first post) have been prevented.