Your Signal Peeves?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ripcord51

A Hollywood movie about basketball that includes a basketball official.

Watched a "Numb3rs" episode, on CBS, Friday night, that made me want to puke all over the television. Home team is wearing red. Visitors are wearing light blue. Players on both teams are wearing white undershirts. Official calls a technical foul on the "CalSci" coach, but doesn't award free throws. "CalSci" coach wears a whistle during the game. Producers spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on each episode. Why can't they spend a few bucks on a real official to check out the basketball scenes? I should send them my resume.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Watched a "Numb3rs" episode, on CBS, Friday night, that made me want to puke all over the television. Home team is wearing red. Visitors are wearing light blue. Players on both teams are wearing white undershirts. Official calls a technical foul on the "CalSci" coach, but doesn't award free throws. "CalSci" coach wears a whistle during the game. Producers spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on each episode. Why can't they spend a few bucks on a real official to check out the basketball scenes? I should send them my resume.

There's so much to love about Numb3rs as a show; but their basketball scenes are not among them.

There are far more things wrong with it than just what you mention. They bring Jordan Farmar from the Lakers to help stop their losing streak; and nothing is ever mentioned about potential sanctions. The gym itself is far too small for a college gym; hardly any bleachers at all. I'm assuming they were filming in a practice gym at some UC school.

As much as I love the show, they may as well have put David Krumholtz on water skis.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Cobra

I once worked with a guy who would give the goal counts signal after virtually every goal.

That USED to be the mechanic. When I officiated in the 70s you always signaled the number of points to the table. One of the things I had to UNlearn when I got back into officiating after a number of years off.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

That USED to be the mechanic. When I officiated in the 70s you always signaled the number of points to the table. One of the things I had to UNlearn when I got back into officiating after a number of years off.

I believe, but can't verify, that this was the signal in the early 90's when I got my start working middle school ball in a small college town in Iowa. We also did the whole "cadillac position" thing, too.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

We also did the whole "cadillac position" thing, too.

You worked wearing fins?