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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 03:15pm
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3 Stooges?
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 03:17pm
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3 Stooges?
What does my crew have to do with this?
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 03:31pm
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If you can't make it to the game in time, don't accept the assignment. The above is no excuse. It's selfish and screws your partner over.
Eh, I'm inclined to let this one slip provided the officials talk about their arrival time before hand. None of this pays the bills and without working people showing up 15 minutes before game time there wouldn't be enough freshman officials.
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 03:46pm
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IKR! Sounds like any half decent official could move there & advance in a SoCal type of way.
Before you know it, he will be ready for the, wait for it..... SEC.
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 04:55pm
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Signal and Mechanics Pet Peeves
-- Compiled from Registered Officials Nationwide

1. Upward circling finger when free throw fails to hit the rim
2. Block signal that looks like the chicken dance
3. “Over-the-back” signal to the table that looks like Superman flying or a Boris Karloff-like Frankenstein stance
4. Timeout signal using a T motion
5. One partner brushing of palms together to indicate a clean blocked shot
6. Reporting numbers to table with two hands
7. No stop clock signal with raised open hand when a violation occurs
8. Directional point angled upward toward the sky
9. Choppy, short visible counts
10. Lazy, far-too-slow visible counts
11. No visible counts
12. Double personal foul signal to report a full timeout
13. Thirty second timeout signal pointing thumbs to shoulders with pinkies out
14. Travel signal for a designated spot throw-in violation
15. Lazy little fist bump to start the clock
16. Running hand up and down the line to indicate out-of-bounds violation
17. Safe signal to communicate no foul
18. Constantly indicating with two fingers that the goal is for two points, not three
19. Pointing downward and shouting “on the floor”, even though the player had started his shooting motion when fouled
20. Inbounding and covering side of mouth like coughing when blowing whistle
21. Starting a pregame locker room conference, saying, “I hate JV basketball.”
22. Pregame meeting with captains beginning with, “OK, tonight we’re gonna play the black line all the way around”.
23. L who calls the violation when a free throw misses the rim
24. Partners in 3-man who are too lazy to rotate
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 05:07pm
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officials who call violations/fouls that simply didn't happen....

I would MUCH rather have a partner who just doesn't blow the whistle at all - because I can always come in and get the fouls/violations that need to be called....
Must be a real joy working with you...
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 05:09pm
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Signal and Mechanics Pet Peeves
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1. Upward circling finger when free throw fails to hit the rim
2. Block signal that looks like the chicken dance
....
When people make long lists.
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 05:10pm
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Why I oughta......
...get more geritol. ???
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 05:14pm
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when people make long lists. :d
+1, 2, 3, 4, 5....
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 05:31pm
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When people make long lists.
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 05:51pm
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When people make long lists.
I didn't make the list, you guys all did. Two years ago. Here. I just compiled your responses.
I'm LOLing!
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 06:16pm
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Last night my partner showed up two minutes before tip off, I had already fulfilled all of our administrative duties. He walks in with a pair of shoes under his arm...I get nervous but he assures me that he knows what he is doing because he has 30 experience in another state...he then tells me he doesn't have a jacket. Next he asks if I have a whistle for him. Unfortunately the game gets started and things went down hill. He is way to good of an official to get stuck with sub varsity games.
Couple of years ago, I had a similar thing happen, he came late and dressed to ref, I did the book, the captains meeting and I told him I was going to be the R, he says "No, I was assigned to be the R" and he took over....
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 06:27pm
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Couple of years ago, I had a similar thing happen, he came late and dressed to ref, I did the book, the captains meeting and I told him I was going to be the R, he says "No, I was assigned to be the R" and he took over....
That's not just a reflection on him, but also on the assignor/assigning process.

Being the R is significant, but overrated. jmo
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Old Fri Feb 03, 2012, 07:10pm
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All I really ask is that you communicate with me and let me know what is going on from your mechanics or what you called.
Last night. Girls varsity. Visitor undefeated, and ranked. Home has only lost a few games. Place is rocking.

Visitor on offense. Home on defense. Partner is lead, sounds his whistle, puts a fist up in the air, signals a holding foul, points to the closest spot on the endline, and heads to the reporting area. No shot attempted. We're not in the bonus for either team. The place is rocking, so I don't hear his call.

I switch and move to the endline, where a Visitor is waiting, out of bounds, for me to give her the ball for a throwin, and I'm ready to oblige, just as soon as my partner finishes his reporting, and turns around.

He turns around and realizes that I'm about to hand the ball to the wrong team, and stops my throwin administration.

Now I look like a fool. To the players, the coaches, the fans, and the two subvarsity officials sitting in the stands.

A bird dog signal, which I know is optional, would have helped. A team control foul "punch", which is not optional, and should have been signaled, would have definitely prevented this, either made by him at the site of the foul, or at the table. Not only did I not know who the foul was on, the girls who were near him didn't know either.

There are reasons why we have approved mechanics, and approved signals, and some are not optional, and these must be used to achieve good communication between the officials.

Yeah. You're right. I'm pissed. I've got a rare Friday night off. What's on television tonight? I need a distraction, and a cold Schaefer, to calm me down.
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What's on television tonight? I need a distraction, and a cold Schaefer, to calm me down.
Law & Order reruns on TNT, of course. My DVR is already set.
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