In the huddle

[ace]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Ace - with all due respect, many of the leagues I ref in, coaches don't have asst coaches or keep their own books. And yes, if I give them them the info from the one and only official book at the table - and they violate it - I stickem..... and it's never happened yet.

Maybe when I hit the "big time" of score keepers that pay close attention, clock operators that are on the ball, books that are always right, multiple books, several asst coaches, etc., I'll be able to change my ways....and I will keep this post in mind in the future.

So if the table tells you he has 1 left, and then you tell him he has 1 left, but when you go to report his supposedly last timeout the table says "we forgot to mark that last timeout, so he really had none" now what are you going to do?

believe me, I'm not at the "big time" of anything. But at the HS varsity level, there are still mistakes at the table, and COs and BKs that make mistakes. Thats where you can really shine as a good official, when you can be on top of that to make sure the game still runs smoothly. And even when you have more than 1 book at the table, theres only 1 that matters, the home book.

Its all part of game management.