2-person mechanics/switching

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Originally Posted by Larks

The 2 man around here among the veterans is:

No long switches
Very few short switches
Call foul - stay at the table no matter what

This looks more like AAU mechanics -- switch at the quarter, no matter what.

Personally, I think that these mechanics look bad. Further, if the referees are calling a different game, it can lead to a very unfair game.

Unless a particular state has an exception, switch on fouls. If you don't ever want to switch, let a rookie work with one of us who will. Such lazy mechanics makes referees look bad.

As someone told me about 20 years ago, for the players playing in the game, it is their most important game of the day. If you don't want to give the game your full effort, you are shortchanging the players, the coaches and the parents involved in that game.

From a selfish standpoint, what happens if an assignor's, AD's grandchild or child is playing in this game? Such situations can ruin a reputation.