Finding a Crew

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by eyezen

I work with a crew every night I work. My two partners and me are my "crew", we work together and I trust them and they trust me.

Then the next night I get to work with a new crew.

I have by quirks of scheduling worked with the same people more than two games in a row, i personally don't like it.

I feel working with new people keeps me sharp and focused and makes me take care of my own business. My opinion.

I'm far more comfortable working with same guys. In my case, I focus on the calls more and have more trust in my partners , the mechanics , rotations, switches become second nature. The fear of the unknown isn't there.

Just my opinion too.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by fullor30

I'm far more comfortable working with same guys. In my case, I focus on the calls more and have more trust in my partners , the mechanics , rotations, switches become second nature. The fear of the unknown isn't there.

Just my opinion too.

Nothing wrong with being comfortable, but that can also be a problem (not with the individual, but for the game). If you only work with the same person, you forget to do the little things that got you to where you are unless you take great strides to keep your edge. I am just saying I have seen officials that work with the same person so long, that they forget to keep up on mechanics or procedures because it is not in the way they have been doing things for years. And personally I liked working with the same people, but the reality is when I work post season and college games, I cannot choose who I work with at all. Working with the same person is nice on many levels, but the higher you go the less you have that privilege. And I also like working with different people because I tend to learn more from those different styles and personalities which I feel prepares you for more unusual situations. Not all things work for everyone equally.

Peace

[chartrusepengui]

I too have a partner and we have a third for our 3 person games as well. We contact AD's ourselves to contract for games JV and below. Varsity contests are scheduled by conference commissioners who I assume are the same as your assigners.

If a commissioner contacts the head of our association to get officials for varsity contests - a 3 man committee of experienced officials in the association assign them to the people who have enough officiating experience - that they feel would do a good job, and usually to partners if possible. There have been times when partners have been split because one was not yet ready for that level of play. Other times - partners may split for an evening if one or the other has some type of conflict with a particular team. example - I was once assigned to do a varsity game for the school I work for. I called the commisioner and explained I had a conflict. He called the association president and he and I did one game, my partner and his partner did the other at my school. It all works pretty well.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

I too have a partner and we have a third for our 3 person games as well. We contact AD's ourselves to contract for games JV and below. Varsity contests are scheduled by conference commissioners who I assume are the same as your assigners.

If a commissioner contacts the head of our association to get officials for varsity contests - a 3 man committee of experienced officials in the association assign them to the people who have enough officiating experience - that they feel would do a good job, and usually to partners if possible. There have been times when partners have been split because one was not yet ready for that level of play. Other times - partners may split for an evening if one or the other has some type of conflict with a particular team. example - I was once assigned to do a varsity game for the school I work for. I called the commisioner and explained I had a conflict. He called the association president and he and I did one game, my partner and his partner did the other at my school. It all works pretty well.

You're in a different area of WI than me, cause our association assigns nothing.

You're right -- the commissioners are the assignors. Only nonconference games are assigned by the schools where I live.

I have ten of them instead of one and it means I don't have to tolerate if one of them does something unacceptable. I can work out my contracts and not schedule with those assignors again.

[chartrusepengui]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You're in a different area of WI than me, cause our association assigns nothing.

Our association only assigns what the AD's or Comissioners have been unable to do on their own for whatever reason

You're right -- the commissioners are the assignors. Only nonconference games are assigned by the schools where I live.

I have ten of them instead of one and it means I don't have to tolerate if one of them does something unacceptable. I can work out my contracts and not schedule with those assignors again.

This is the part I love - after a season or so - I find they are more than willing to eat a little crow because they are having such a difficult time getting officials. They find that unacceptable to one is usually unacceptable to many!