Calling All Table Officials

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Shoot, some of the college games I've done have had 3 books at the table (in-season tournaments between neutral opponents).

Plus the TV book.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Plus the TV book.

Still waiting to get one of those games....LOL

All my televised games have been high school games broadcast on the local public school access channel. The games where they have to set up a special table in front of the stands for the announcers.

[APG]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Shoot, some of the college games I've done have had 3 books at the table (in-season tournaments between neutral opponents).

Home book, away book, and stats keeper?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Home book, away book, and stats keeper?

Host school (official book), Team A, Team B.

[BillyMac]

After the scorer didn't tell me that we were in the bonus, which almost led to a correctable error situation, I asked her why she didn't tell me, to which she proclaimed, "It was on the scoreboard".

After the same scorer, in the same game, didn't tell me that a player fouled out, which led to a timeout/no timeout exchange with a coach, I asked her why she didn't tell me, to which she proclaimed, "It was on the scoreboard".

This was an adult, not a student.

[Loudwhistle2]

Originally Posted by freddy

since a good number of them frequent this discussion board . . .
quit putting the new team foul on the board before we report the foul!!! yeah, i am shouting!
For about the fifth time this year we almost had a correctable error situation because, after whistling the foul and noting the sixth team foul tally on the board before reporting the foul to the table, we proceed to begin a one-and-one administration. Horn sounds to stop us and inform us that that was only the sixth team foul.
Table officials out there, spread it around. Please wait until after we report the foul to change or announce the new team foul tally. If it's five or nine team fouls, it's five or nine team fouls until we notify you that the next team foul has occurred.
Oh, and tell your announcer buddies to follow the same protocol. They're usually right there by you.
The best correctable error is one that is avoided.
There. I feel better.

+1

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

After the scorer didn't tell me that we were in the bonus, which almost led to a correctable error situation, I asked her why she didn't tell me, to which she proclaimed, "It was on the scoreboard".

After the same scorer, in the same game, didn't tell me that a player fouled out, which led to a timeout/no timeout exchange with a coach, I asked her why she didn't tell me, to which she proclaimed, "It was on the scoreboard".

This was an adult, not a student.

One of them would have done his job. One of them would have notified the coach, started the 20 seconds and notified the player.

[chseagle]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

After the scorer didn't tell me that we were in the bonus, which almost led to a correctable error situation, I asked her why she didn't tell me, to which she proclaimed, "It was on the scoreboard".

After the same scorer, in the same game, didn't tell me that a player fouled out, which led to a timeout/no timeout exchange with a coach, I asked her why she didn't tell me, to which she proclaimed, "It was on the scoreboard".

This was an adult, not a student.

Was the personnel in question a Blonde??

[SCalScoreKeeper]

I feel your pain BillyMac,
I don't understand what is so hard about putting five fingers in the air and asking the clock operator to hit the horn.My student scorekeepers know enough to get the referees attention when a kid fouls out or we reach the bonus.Its ridiculous when an adult does not.

[Loudwhistle2]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Fixed it for ya.

NCAA and NFHS:

Section 10. Duties of Timer
The official timer shall:
Art. 1.Flick a switch to start and stop the clock
Art. 2. Push some buttons to keep the score
Art. 3. STFU.


JR,
Have you ever thought about writing poetry? Priceless words and acronyms!