Table personnel

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

shortly after I whistled a team foul and went to report. I reported the # and gal shouts over wanting to know why I was telling her numbers. She had erased all the numbers next to the names because they were "confusing" her.

Don't you know that you are supposed to report by names? Don't you know the names of all of the players?

[Vinski]

Not necessarily a nightmare, but more funny than anything
7th grade girl’s game. I had a score keeper change the arrow on every possession change. If team A had the arrow and then shot and missed and team B got the ball, he would change the arrow. Funniest thing. He would change the arrow about 15 times a minute.

Not a nightmare either, but a Middle School league I work games for has a few annoying table personnel. One school has two ladies who constantly do their nails during the game. They have a whole "kit" that they set out on the table...files, polish, the whole deal. I must say they do a fine job, though (running the table, that is...I'm not so sure about the nails!)

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Vinski

I had a score keeper change the arrow on every possession change. If team A had the arrow and then shot and missed and team B got the ball, he would change the arrow.

I had the same thing happen to me in a JV game. The kids at the table were just that -- kids! Maybe 12 or 13 years old. Arrow got switched every time the ball changed direction. Took me a couple held balls to figure it out.

That's the day I started keeping the arrow myself for every game. Started with a whistle in the pocket; now I remember it in my head.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

That's the day I started keeping the arrow myself for every game. Started with a whistle in the pocket; now I remember it in my head.

I keep telling you guys, if you want to really impress the women, use a Hickory Farms beefstick in your pocket to track possession.

Just don't let Larry Craig see you switch it.

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Don't you know that you are supposed to report by names? Don't you know the names of all of the players?

For a couple of years, a labor day tournament I was at decided ordering t-shirts with numbers on them was too costly So unless teams put numbers on them, or wore tops with numbers, we had to identify players by name during fouls. At one game, when we had the players sign in for their first game, one guy drew a picture of himself with Jheri curls on the scoresheet so I'd know which one was him.