Starters "supplied" to scorer?

[doubleringer]

Originally Posted by slow whistle

Come on already, I said "around 11 mins", went over checked ball, checked operation of arrow, introduced myself to scorers/timer, got captains/coaches, did quick pre-game and went back to book at "around 7 mins"- trust me my actual pre-game w/ captains/coaches is shorter than about 90% of the guys I work with.

yeah, I was just giving you crap. Couldn't stop myself.

[Wellmer]

Its pretty cut and dry in Nebraska. The coaches are asked at the pregame if the players are fully equipped and everything is correct in the book. If they answer yes and it's later determined that there was an error, there's no going back. Some coaches have even intialed the scorebook to show that they have actually checked it.

[slow whistle]

Originally Posted by doubleringer

yeah, I was just giving you crap. Couldn't stop myself.

I know - you hit a nerve because there are few things worse than working with someone for the first time, walking into the captains/coaches meeting and they start with "black line all the way around". Gonna be a loooong night after that!

[wanja]

Specifically asking the scorer to identify starters before the 10 minute mark is good preventive officiating. I always require the scorer to mark the starters in the book. Seems simple enough. Any objections?