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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Because that's the scorer's job, not the officials.

It's that simple, coach. We don't keep track of fouls either and that info is probably just as important to a coach..

That's fine, JR. BUT, the scorer IS a part of our team, is he/she not? I don't understand why the TEAM cannot take responsibility for this -- other than the fact that OFFICIALS KNOW that there are issues here and they are trying to disassociate themselves from it.

Based on the numerous responses from fellow officials, many appear to want to stay as far away from this as humanly possible -- even going to the point of not communicating that a coach has taken his/her final timeout.

I view game management as a very important part of my job. I want to make sure that the scorers' information agrees. I want to make sure that the book matches the board during the game. This does include making sure THROUGHOUT THE GAME that the running score, the number of individual fouls, the number of team fouls, the number of timeouts, the status of team DOG warnings, etc. are all in agreement. If a coach wants to know OFFICIALLY how many fouls a player has, I want the scorer to be able to accurately relay that information to the coach. If a coach wants to know OFFICIALLY how many fouls his team has in a particular half, I want the scorer to ba able to accurately relay that information to the coach. If a coach wants to know how many timeouts a particular team has (the coach's own team OR the other team), I expect the scorer to be able to relay this information accurately to the coach.

These items are ALL a part of game management. As a referee/official doing a game, this is still a part of our jobs. Would you agree that if a particular official consistently has "official book" problems that this particular official would be less likely to get the opportunity to work a state level game in the first place?

Please note: this is NOT in regard to the OP, but rather your opinion on our role in game managment.