I think chseagle was my timer tonight

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by comical

A few years ago I left a visiting player's name and number out of the book and didn't realize it until after the game had started (the visitors didn't have anyone at the table with a book). I usually have a coach from the visiting school check the book but for some reason didn't that night (I don't remember why).

I didn't say anything to anybody, just added the player's name and number to the book. It was my mistake and I just fixed it. That might not have been the way to handle it, but that's what I did.

As the R, I check the book prior to the game and put a line under the last players name, so that shouldn't be able to happen without being noticeable.

That being said, I've never personally had to go back and check a book. Hmm....

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by biggravy

Just don't think I would have 'explained the problem'. I would have said "he/she needs to go."

I like to think that I have better people skills than that. In that situation, you can't make the principal replace the timer if he doesn't have a competent replacement. Putting someone on the clock that doesn't know what he's doing just makes a bad situation worse. I worked with the principal and found a solution that enabled us to finish both games. In the end, he thanked me and we left the school on good terms.

Your way is pretty arrogant. You're telling him to replace him or else. It would be stupid to back yourself in a corner like that. That type of arrogance isn't going to help the situation.

[SCalScoreKeeper]

Hello All,
I appreciate the sentiment and welcoming nature of the members of this board.When I first joined you all made me (even as a scorekeeper) feel incredibly welcome to participate.I came here as a professional development tool to gain a better understanding of the game and feel as if you all have helped me succeed in that regard and have enjoyed the humor from our senior members. Through this board I have gained an entirely new respect for what you all do night in and night out.

Sincerely,
Derryl Trujillo (Official Scorekeeper Woodcrest Christian Varsity Boys/Girls Basketball-Riverside,CA)

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper

Hello All,
I appreciate the sentiment and welcoming nature of the members of this board.When I first joined you all made me (even as a scorekeeper) feel incredibly welcome to participate.I came here as a professional development tool to gain a better understanding of the game and feel as if you all have helped me succeed in that regard and have enjoyed the humor from our senior members. Through this board I have gained an entirely new respect for what you all do night in and night out.

Sincerely,
Derryl Trujillo (Official Scorekeeper Woodcrest Christian Varsity Boys/Girls Basketball-Riverside,CA)

Thanks, Derryl, now you've got me all verklempt. I may need an extra dose of meds before I can get to sleep tonight

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by justacoach

You've got me all verklempt.

That was last week's Word of the Week. Let's move on. Isn't Hanukkah over?

[Roy G]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

That was last week's Word of the Week. Let's move on. Isn't Hanukkah over?

its German, by the way

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Roy G

Its German, by the way

Yiddish: a High German language with an admixture of vocabulary from Hebrew and the Slavic languages, written in Hebrew letters, and spoken mainly by Jews in eastern and central Europe and by Jewish emigrants from these regions and their descendants.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper

Derryl Trujillo, Menifee, CA, Official Scorekeeper Woodcrest Christian Varsity Boys/Girls Basketball, Riverside, CA

With these credentials, highlighted above, you'll be doing the scorekeeping for NCAA Division I games in a few months. Next time UCLA, or USC, plays on ESPN, we'll be looking for you. Give us a little wave.

[comical]

Originally Posted by grunewar

As the R, I check the book prior to the game and put a line under the last players name, so that shouldn't be able to happen without being noticeable.

That being said, I've never personally had to go back and check a book. Hmm....

I'm a little hazy on the details because this was a few years ago, but two of the problems were that I was delayed in getting the names into the book for some reason (through no fault of the coach from the visiting school) and didn't have all the names in when the official came to check the book at the 10:00 minute mark.

The other problem was that the visiting team's roster had 18 or 19 players, more names than I had spaces for. I skipped a player's name and number while hurrying to get the names in the book and squeezing some of them into the available spaces. Because of the number of players, even if the official wanted to draw a line under the name of the last player, there wouldn't have been anyplace to put it.