Spot of foul mechanic

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Tio

Do not under any circumstances use a bird dog in a college environment. It will only hurt your believability and label you as a high school official. Believe me, college coaches will figure out if you are a high school official very quickly.

And that is not true, not true at all. College Men's this is an acceptable signal and a widely used signal.

Peace

[Tio]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And that is not true, not true at all. College Men's this is an acceptable signal and a widely used signal.

Peace

My supervisors have suggested that we not use a bird dog. Maybe there are different philosophies, but I do what my bosses want.

To say it is a widely used signal is a bit of an exaggeration unless your reference to college baskeball is on ESPN classic.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Tio

My supervisors have suggested that we not use a bird dog. Maybe there are different philosophies, but I do what my bosses want.

To say it is a widely used signal is a bit of an exaggeration unless your reference to college baskeball is on ESPN classic.

That is your supervisor that feels that way, but that does not apply across the board. I attended multiple college camps this summer alone with people I do not work for and in the past with people I do work for and it is I was never told not to bird-dog and never heard anyone told not to bird-dog. I know I did it several times during camp and I did not hear a single word about it either way. And bird-dogging is in the CCA Mechanics book which a few of the camps wanted us to use almost religiously when it came to signal mechanics.

Now if you have never seen bird-dogging, either you do not watch college basketball on a regular basis (like this past NCAA Tournament or Championship game) or you are only thinking of what was used years ago. But it was used often enough where I noticed it and by some of the top officials in the country on the Men's side. Women's basketball is different and I cannot speak for that side of the game. I can think of two Final Four Officials that used the bird-dog in the Final Four this year.

Peace