Clock Malfunction interpretation - Page 3

mick · #31 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 25, 2002, 01:30pm

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Originally posted by bigwhistle

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Originally posted by zebraman
I agree with Rut that the officials need to come together in the dead ball before this happens and prepare for the worst. I'd include the goofy-*** scorekeeper in the discussion too. "When I drop my arm, that means start the clock."

You don't actually think that the timer is watching you, do you? We all know that they are watching the ball touch someone and that the chop is just cosmetic. Unfortunately this is not a tongue in cheek statement.

bigwhistle,
That's a fact.
I assume that is why Z wanted to "include" the reminder to the timer.
But then, he did say scorekeeper, didn't he?

mick

JRutledge · #32 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 25, 2002, 01:38pm

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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

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Originally posted by mick
Tony and Rut have both used it.
I wonder if they were partners.

You'd need referees for the referees!

I can only speak for myself. Tony has always sounded like a good official to me. I would love to work with him if the opportunity persented itself. I just do not agree with him all the time. But I could say that for many officials I have worked with over the years or are in the associations I belong to.

Peace

Mark Dexter · #33 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 25, 2002, 07:43pm

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Originally posted by JRutledge
And ever since I used the "Precision Timing System" this year, I have been accustomed to looking at the clock to make sure it starts

Wouldn't you be more likely to look at the clock without a PTS pack?

I've used PTS, and know it's not 100% perfect, but you do have a backup at the table manually pushing the start and stop buttons . . .

JRutledge · #34 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 25, 2002, 08:59pm

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter

Wouldn't you be more likely to look at the clock without a PTS pack?

I've used PTS, and know it's not 100% perfect, but you do have a backup at the table manually pushing the start and stop buttons . . .

I just used the PTS as an example of how aware of the clock you become after using it. I do not think I looked at the clock every single time the ball was put in play before using the PTS.

You are right, it is not 100% perfect. In my case there was someone at the table that started the clock and stopped the clock too. Who ever got to the button first, the clock would start. And unless the mics on lanyard did not work, the clock would stop every time. That is why they invented the system I guess.

That will probably be the last time I use it for awhile, at least at the HS level. Not at least for a few years. Or if I go back to that same school that I used at twice last year. Or if I go downstate. But that might be several years away.

Peace