Missing Whistle
 

in C...dead ball OOB so I head to the other end. Partner goes to put ball in play and I reach for my whistle and it's not there...:eek:

Found it later on the baseline where I was... glad I had the spare in my pocket keeping track of the arrow

I'm confused. I assume it was in your mouth while you were at C, so how did you find it "at the baseline where (you were)?"

You sure know how to ruin a compelling anecdote! :D

Let me try agian ....

How in the world did you ever keep track of the arrow for the rest of the game without that whistle in your pocket? My breath is bated.:D

MUCH better! It's like one of those online novel thingies.

Maybe he had a switch or button on this whistle? :D

Peace

Or perhaps there was one of those ingenuis lighted arrow displays at the table.

Still had the "empty" lanyard.... saw the whistle where it ended up about a qtr later....my assumption is that whoever spotted it just kicked it off the court

I usually wear an arrow on a necklace around my neck that points to the correct bench....kinda like Flav-o-Flav's clocks.

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Only problem is if I rotate at lead....it messes up the direction.......maybe if I put the arrow in my pocket and the arrow had a whistle on it with a button or flip thingie........then I could keep track fo sho.

YEAAAAAA BOYYYYY!!

That sounds about as logical as using a whistle in the pocket. ;)

Peace

Also Keeps One's Hair In Place ...
 

At first i thought you were one of 'those' officials who doesn't wear a lanyard and puts his whistle in his pocket every time he makes a call. Doesn't make sense to me why they do it, but witnessed it the other day. To each his own, i guess.

There are several reasons; however, most of them do it to help slow down.

It can & does work.
 

I saw 2 different officials do it successfully in Illinois while visiting over the Thanksgiving holiday.

It's not that difficult. Officials do it in the NBA and NBA D-League all the time and their mechanics and signaling are just as smooth as those with a lanyard.

I never said it was difficult. There is no reason to do it. There is a handy little loop on your shirt for your lanyard to clip to. Lot less work than reaching in your pocket. Same guy made the game about him, rather than about officiating and going unnoticed. not a fan.

One, you don't have to put the whistle in your pocket...most people I've seen go sans lanyard don't. Second, I have no idea how you think someone not using a little strand of rope is making the "game about him." Seems like an over the top statement. Basically, what you're saying is the men and women in the NBA/D-League, probably some of the most professional people you'd ever meet, are making the game about them and not officiating.

And i guess you were there to see how he officiated. Over the top. Just like someone to take my words and make it about someone else. That is why I love this forum!

You're the one who insinuated the only reason to do it is to make the game about you, and you accuse APG of being over the top?

You made it seem as if your opinion was that all those that went sans lanyard were making the game about themselves. If that wasn't what you meant, then I apologize.

Yay! Someone else get's to voice his opinion on my post!

Maybe I should have put IMHO in there. Maybe that would make things better. My bad. Just my opinion.

How about I use your exact words. You said there is "no reason" to not use a lanyard. Care to express why your opinion is the be-all, end-all of the subject?

Sometimes things aren't read the way they're written. (Don't I know it.)

You meant that a guy who 1) worked without a lanyard also 2) drew attention to himself

It was read (by some) as a guys who work without a lanyard draw attention to themselves.

It's true that some officials try to "big-time" others. They might do so by wearing a college jacket, or the college wide-striped shirt, or discussing the "big V game they had last week" while working a rec league game, or by working without a whistle. They are usually found out. But, not all who do any of those items are "those" types of officials.

Yay...another one.

Thanks Bob...I agree with you.

You have the persuasion skills of a fruit fly and the tact of a 3 year old.

Yes, this type of official is who I call a "hot shot." Like I said in another thread, which you so quickly dismissed...

That's what a discussion board is about -- commenting on posts. Personal comments -- not so much (but it happens).

Unless someone is working the NBA or D-League (or whatever), I agree there's no reason to not use a lanyard. That's not the same as saying that not wearing one is, in and of itself, "wrong."

Out of line, impo.

I don't know that I dismissed anything in that other thread. As far as I can recall, my only comments were that you and who you called "hot shots" were mistaken about the patient whistle philosophy and that they might also be "over applying" the Tower principle.

I agree that that thread was possibly one where what you meant was not what was read by others -- "Hot Shots, who happened to go to camp" vs "all who go to camp are hot shots."

Bob, what type of ball does "whatever" consist of?

Where the supervisor (or whoever ;) ) says "work without a lanyard."

Pro-Am or the SEC several years ago.

Peace

I'm Sure That You Meant To Type Lanyard ...
 

I reliaze that this was a typo, but, nevertheless, I would pay big bucks to see this.

Lanyardless ???
 

Which is the day that I retire from officiating. Once, for fun, I tried to work without a lanyard in a recreation level game. I probably spit my whistle out five times in the first period. I got tired of picking it off the floor. During the intermission between the first and second period, I got my lanyard out of my equipment bag. That was the first, and last, time, that I ever did that.

P.S. I recently purchased a pink lanyard to use with my pink whistle when we do the IAABO "Officials Versus Cancer" campaign, to be held this season January 23 – 29, 2012. Here, in my little corner of Connecticut, we are encouraged to donate 25% of a game fee to the American Cancer Society.