Pants: Sansabelt vs. Smitty

[Adam]

No one, and I mean no one, has said it's more important than performance.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No one, and I mean no one, has said it's more important than performance.

Oh?

Originally Posted by just another ref

But which would you rather have on the floor, the guy who knows the game shouldn't be over, or the guy with the nicer pants?

Originally Posted by RichMSN

And I'd rather have the guy with the nicer pants as a partner, cause *I* know the rules.

Originally Posted by just another ref

The fact that you know the rules won't keep your partner with the nice pants from calling a travel from the lead, 2 man, on a player who fumbled the ball near the top of the key, 10 feet from you.

The aforementioned guy did that to me once.

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'd still rather work with a guy that knows which pants to buy.

[biggravy]

I prefer wearing a belt and pants with no belt loops.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Oh?

I'm guessing here, but I think Rich's point is that someone who cares about the whole package is less likely to be a problem partner. He's more likely to accept constructive critique. He's less likely to go fishing because that travel had to be called (even though it was wrong because he didn't see the fumble). Your partner knowing the rules won't prevent him from calling what he thinks is a double dribble right in front of you; taking the craft seriously does that.

And the first and most obvious sign of whether he takes it seriously is whether he knows which pants/shirt/shoes/whistle to buy.