I need some game talk!!!

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I would prefer not to, but it's expected by my evaluators. I didn't mind doing it for the first couple of years after we switched from jump balls to alternating possession. The crew at the table was unfamiliar with the rules, and mechanics, of switching the arrow, and mistakes were often made, and easily corrected, with the memory aid of switching the whistle in our pocket to coincide with the arrow. Now, most table crews are very familiar with the rules, and mechanics, of the alternating possession procedure, and they seldom make mistakes, so the whistles seem kind of redundant. I never thought we would use this mechanic for such a long time.

Do your evaluators also insist that you put a different color ring on your fingers to keep track of the team fouls?

I can't see why not, that's logically the same as what they are making you do with the AP arrow. Why would they trust the table on one issue and not on another?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Do your evaluators also insist that you put a different color ring on your fingers to keep track of the team fouls?

That's exactly what I humorously thought when these mechanics were first introduced to us many, many years ago. It's not so funny any more.