Starting the clock mechanic

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by zm1283

Yeah, so they're given leeway or freedom on how "By the book" their signals/mechanics are in return for being more highly scrutinized on their play calling and judgment. I think we're talking about the same thing.

So it's an area thing then. Most people here would get blasted on an evaluation for not stopping the clock, reporting with two hands, or not stopping to report.

Remember the original conversation was about how we execute the stop clock signal and if 12 to 6 was proper as opposed to 12 to 3, which the latter was assumed a college mechanic by a few people here. I do not see officials using 2 handed mechanics at the HS level or at least not with people that know any better. Using 2 handed reporting is a college mechanic and is not appropriate to use. Not going 12 to 6 on a stop clock signal is a stylistic movement, not a college mechanic. Even not stopping to report is not always a college mechanic being used, it is often that officials are in a hurry and do not slow down. I see a lot of officials that report fouls like they have dinner plans right after the game is over. Even stopping to report is used in Men's college and is supposed to be used there too.

You could watch my mechanics in both a HS and college game and you could not notice what level I was doing unless I told you, or looked at the players.

I just think we are too quick to attribute something someone does to what goes on to college frankly most people do not know what is a college mechanic if it slapped them in the face. All you have to do is look in a CCA Men's book and quickly realize how similar those mechanics are to NF or HS mechanics. The CCA Women's does different things, but the officials I see doing those mechanics are not always Women's officials at that level.

Peace