Should there have been a whistle?

[CLH]

With all due respect, if the L is going to come off the baseline onto the court to take a look what good is the C? If this was a good idea, it would be in the mechanics manual, it's not found in any of them and it would be used more often than just by a select set of agin officials who are set in their ways and can do as they please. This is never a good idea for anyone, especially for the "less athletic" members of our profession.

Apparently we are going to have to agree to disagree on this because that "mechanic" is ridiculous.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by CLH

With all due respect, if the L is going to come off the baseline onto the court to take a look what good is the C? If this was a good idea, it would be in the mechanics manual, it's not found in any of them and it would be used more often than just by a select set of agin officials who are set in their ways and can do as they please. This is never a good idea for anyone, especially for the "less athletic" members of our profession.

Apparently we are going to have to agree to disagree on this because that "mechanic" is ridiculous.

You don't think an L that is just above the endline on one side has a completely different view than a C that is at the FT line extended on the other?

I don't know that I've used this positioning more than once or twice in my career, but I never say never, and the argument that "what's the C for?" is misguided. I'm a fan of going where you need to go to see the play. Normally that's where the proper mechanics suggest. Every once in a while you have to improvise.