Your Signal Peeves?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Because you made a statement unsupported by rule, and I was attempting to clarify for officials out there who might take you at your word.

It's common practice around here, if you haven't noticed.

All you had to say is "my bad, you're right" and it would have been over. But you and fullor30 are trying to justify why the practice is necessary based on everything but the rule book.

You know, I've been here a while. You'll never see me getting down and dirty with such minutiae, though. It bores me.

I would rather emphasize to others here that we (1) officiate with the rulebook, not using the rulebook as a script and (2) what is common practice locally is always more important to your advancement and success than what is explicitly written in those books.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You know, I've been here a while. You'll never see me getting down and dirty with such minutiae, though. It bores me.

Interesting, then, why you started the minutiae to begin with.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Interesting, then, why you started the minutiae to begin with.

Actually, it started with your pet peeve, which I found silly -- if you're keeping score.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Actually, it started with your pet peeve, which I found silly -- if you're keeping score.

If you think doing things according to what the rules say, rather than the way things are done in your particular area is silly, well, then bully for you.

[Welpe]

This is entertaining and all....but I'll add my own.

Running the hand up and down the sideline or endline when calling an out of bounds violation. I understand why some do it I just don't care for it.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fiasco

If you think doing things according to what the rules say, rather than the way things are done in your particular area is silly, well, then bully for you.

I'm sure you will whistle every sub in from now on, too. See page 78 of the mechanics manual.

My point isn't that we shouldn't strive to do things right -- it's just that sometimes certain regions dictate their own mechanics. We aren't changing the rules of the game. Whether regions require officials to give certain signals or not isn't important as long as people are consistent on communicating.

The whistle at the end of the period is not specifically covered. I'll acknowledge that my wording was sloppy -- the period ends on the horn, not the whistle. Adding a toot doesn't change that nor does it make the toot wrong (unless you're in an area where it *is* considered wrong).

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by fiasco

If you think doing things according to what the rules say, rather than the way things are done in your particular area is silly, well, then bully for you.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I would rather emphasize to others here that we (1) officiate with the rulebook, not using the rulebook as a script and (2) what is common practice locally is always more important to your advancement and success than what is explicitly written in those books.

That's all well and good, but maybe next time you shouldn't say

Because the official, not the horn, declares the quarter over.

because to me, that reads like an official declaration of the way things are, not the way you're told to do things in your area.