Designated Tosser

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

And the captains and coaches will know who the referee is when he/she introduces him/herself to them as such during the pregame powwow.

I introduce all of us as referees; no distinctions to the players or coaches.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I introduce all of us as referees; no distinctions to the players or coaches.

Coaches aren't stupid, though. They can tell who is in charge by who is talking to them, who is tossing the ball, who is taking the ball OOB at the beginning of quarters.

That's why I get ridden by coaches more when I'm the ref than when I'm the ump, even when I said nothing to the coach about our assigned duties.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Coaches aren't stupid, though. They can tell who is in charge by who is talking to them, who is tossing the ball, who is taking the ball OOB at the beginning of quarters.

That's why I get ridden by coaches more when I'm the ref than when I'm the ump, even when I said nothing to the coach about our assigned duties.

All the more reason to mix it up by having the R give the pregame and the U1 toss the ball.

They'll more likely pick it up from who's giving the talk; and around here we give a card with our names on it to the coaches. We're listed as Referee, Umpire, and Umpire; from top to bottom.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

All the more reason to mix it up by having the R give the pregame and the U1 toss the ball.

They'll more likely pick it up from who's giving the talk; and around here we give a card with our names on it to the coaches. We're listed as Referee, Umpire, and Umpire; from top to bottom.

Good point.

Originally Posted by fiasco

That's why I get ridden by coaches ...

Oh really? I know it's early in the season, but work on that before you develop a reputation that you dont want to have. No coach rides me or any of my partners. Take care of business!

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by Ch1town

Oh really? I know it's early in the season, but work on that before you develop a reputation that you dont want to have. No coach rides me or any of my partners. Take care of business!

Again, we're talking semantics.

Trust me, I don't have the reputation for getting "ridden" as you are interpreting the word to be used.

Excellent! I feel so bad for those officials... but when I look at their on-court presence, if I were a coach I'd ride them too.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Coaches aren't stupid, though. They can tell who is in charge by who is talking to them, who is tossing the ball, who is taking the ball OOB at the beginning of quarters.

That's why I get ridden by coaches more when I'm the ref than when I'm the ump, even when I said nothing to the coach about our assigned duties.

They can tell who is in charge by how they present themselves on the court, not by who throws up the opening jump or who conducts the captain's meeting.

I've been at this more than 20 years and I have never once used "I am the referee" for anything on the court. Maybe someone else here has a different experience.

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

They can tell who is in charge by how they present themselves on the court, not by who throws up the opening jump or who conducts the captain's meeting.

I've been at this more than 20 years and I have never once used "I am the referee" for anything on the court. Maybe someone else here has a different experience.

They did not introduce themselves as either/or in my game last night..and if you were to ask me which one did the toss 10 seconds into the game, it would be a 50-50 guess.

I'd hope it was the hard of hearing one. Or maybe it was Mick...I dunno.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by CoachP

They did not introduce themselves as either/or in my game last night..and if you were to ask me which one did the toss 10 seconds into the game, it would be a 50-50 guess.

I'd hope it was the hard of hearing one. Or maybe it was Mick...I dunno.

We simply take turns. One of our regular partners (I swear) must keep a spreadsheet or something cause he knows immediately whose turn it is whether working 2-person or 3-person (our regular 3, which causes a separate "list"). We make fun of this.

Personally, I'd be the R every game. No deal to me. I like starting as the trail.