My season done & question concerning scoreboard preferences

[Cobra]

Originally Posted by chseagle

I have a question for everyone. Concerning scoreboard setups, which do you prefer...a scoreboard that shows the most current player fouled with the tea fouls listed, or a scoreboard that has listed the 5 players (per team) in the game that has each players fouls & points listed as well as team fouls?

Why would anyone prefer the scoreboard which shows less information?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Cobra

Why would anyone prefer the scoreboard which shows less information?

Why would officials care about more information? Whatintheheck do we really care about things like which player has scored how many points?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Why would officials care about more information? Whatintheheck do we really care about things like which player has scored how many points?

It amuses me during timeouts.

We had one of those fancy scoreboards Monday night and I noticed a few times that the person working the board was slow getting team fouls up on the board. The more geegaws they put on those boards, the harder it is for the (sometimes) already-challenged timer to do his/her job.

I worked the clock once. It's definitely not a non-skilled job if you actually plan on doing it right.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

We had one of those fancy scoreboards Monday night and I noticed a few times that the person working the board was slow getting team fouls up on the board. The more geegaws they put on those boards, the harder it is for the (sometimes) already-challenged timer to do his/her job.

I worked the clock once. It's definitely not a non-skilled job if you actually plan on doing it right.

And especially so if you're doing a game out in East Podunk and you've got a 15-year old girl armed with a blackberry working the scoreboard......

[BBall_Junkie]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And especially so if you're doing a game out in East Podunk and you've got a 15-year old girl armed with a blackberry working the scoreboard......

East Podunk? Aren't they the Fightin' Nimrods? Also, JR there is no blackberry service in East Podunk. They use carrier pigeons which is far more distracting than the blackberries especially when they deficate on the scorebook...

Also, this is the dumbest discussion on an official forum ever. As an official I could give a rat's #$%@ what type of scoreboard hangs on the wall as long as it keeps the time. I am emailing Brad and demanding that he refund the 10 minutes of my life wasted reading this.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BBall_Junkie

East Podunk? Aren't they the Fightin' Nimrods? Also, JR there is no blackberry service in East Podunk. They use carrier pigeons which is far more distracting than the blackberries especially when they deficate on the scorebook...

Also, this is the dumbest discussion on an official forum ever. As an official I could give a rat's #$%@ what type of scoreboard hangs on the wall as long as it keeps the time. I am emailing Brad and demanding that he refund the 10 minutes of my life wasted reading this.

Really? The team fouls are unimportant to you? I don't believe that -- either that, or you're just used to not having that information always available.

And nobody forced you to read the entire thread, did they?

[Raymond]

Is there a spot on those fancy scoreboards to credit A2 with a basket he shoots into Team B's goal?

[BBall_Junkie]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Really? The team fouls are unimportant to you? I don't believe that -- either that, or you're just used to not having that information always available.

And nobody forced you to read the entire thread, did they?

Of course they are not unimportant and I work in a major metro are for HS and all my college games have it so it is almost always available on the scoreboard. However, if its not I manage through it by checking with the book when I sense we are getting close. Not that tough really.

My point was a discussion regarding the "type of scoreboard"

And no, nobody forced me to read it... It was an overly sarcastic way of saying, seriously we are talking about Daktronics scoreboards over All American scoreboards as officials?

Lighten up Rich its only basketball.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Really? The team fouls are unimportant to you? I don't believe that.

We have a few high schools in our area that do not show team fouls on the scoreboard. Just bonus lights. Man I hate working at those schools.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BBall_Junkie

East Podunk? Aren't they the Fightin' Nimrods?

Yes, and their crosstown rivals are the West Podunk Fightin' Dieblers. Of course their girls team is the Lady Dieblers.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BBall_Junkie

Also, this is the dumbest discussion on an official forum ever.

Maybe we should have a poll, Brendan.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Maybe we should have a poll, Brendan.

I think it might be a tie.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Cobra

Why would anyone prefer the scoreboard which shows less information?

We've been told to ignore the possession arrow on the scoreboard. If there's a question about the alternating possession, we use the arrow at the table, the summary in the home scorebook, or try to remember what it should be (we have to keep alternating whistles in our pockets), but we never use the arrow on the scoreboard.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Cobra

Why would anyone prefer the scoreboard which shows less information?

More information, more chance for errors. And, somehow, some coach (or player or fan) will "blame" us if the information is incorrect, even though we don't put it there, verify it, or rely on it.