First Technical - Anticlimactic

[Rich]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

I don't know, I was just guessing at why they did that. Maybe on his way out, the ball bounced in front of the official, and he just happened to catch it and just took it out with him.

In that case, I'd catch it and drop it or run around it. *It's not my ball.*

Another thing I do is take my whistle off at the horn as I'm running off. Nobody's going to grab me by the lanyard that way.

(In the old days, Earl Strom would take off his belt and wrap it around his hand in case he ever had to knock someone out who physically accosted him. Times have changed, but some things remain the same.)

[tref]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Another thing I do is take my whistle off at the horn as I'm running off.

Rich, whats that all about?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

In that case, I'd catch it and drop it or run around it. *It's not my ball.*

Another thing I do is take my whistle off at the horn as I'm running off. Nobody's going to grab me by the lanyard that way.

(In the old days, Earl Strom would take off his belt and wrap it around his hand in case he ever had to knock someone out who physically accosted him. Times have changed, but some things remain the same.)

Originally Posted by tref

Rich, whats that all about?

So no one can run up on you and snatch you by the lanyard. In fact I often tuck my whistle in my shirt during full time-outs and between quarters.

[tref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

So no one can run up on you and snatch you by the lanyard. In fact I often tuck my whistle in my shirt during full time-outs and between quarters.

BNR I'm aware of that, I was talking about the part that was underlined... running off the court

If its not a heated EOG situation with fans rushing the court & I'm not embarassed by the job I just did, then I'm proudly walking off the court.

[Jesse James]

Originally Posted by tref

BNR I'm aware of that, I was talking about the part that was underlined... running off the court

If its not a heated EOG situation with fans rushing the court & I'm not embarassed by the job I just did, then I'm proudly walking off the court.

Doesn't mean the guy in the second row was enamored with your performance.

Go.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by tref

BNR I'm aware of that, I was talking about the part that was underlined... running off the court

If its not a heated EOG situation with fans rushing the court & I'm not embarassed by the job I just did, then I'm proudly walking off the court.

It's consistency. There are times that we need to get out quickly. If I do it *every game* there's no interpretation necessary. It's not like I sprint -- I jog at about the same pace I'd move as the trail bringing the ball up the court.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

It's consistency. There are times that we need to get out quickly. If I do it *every game* there's no interpretation necessary. It's not like I sprint -- I jog at about the same pace I'd move as the trail bringing the ball up the court.

Me too, and I instinctively tuck the whistle.

[tref]

I'm all for the tuck or removal, but running off the court??

And I've never given a damn about what a fan -errr- FANATIC thinks about my performance. Because quite frankly, what I do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what they say!

#pointblankperiod

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

So no one can run up on you and snatch you by the lanyard. In fact I often tuck my whistle in my shirt during full time-outs and between quarters.

I do, too. But for a different reason.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I do, too. But for a different reason.

Everybody just walk slowly away. And don't look back. If we ignore him, maybe he'll just go away on his own.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by tref

Rich, whats that all about?

It's one of those things I was taught -- to never let my whistle be in a place where anyone can grab it.

I wear a noose, but it's not a breakaway noose. If someone grabbed my whistle they would probably hurt/clothesline me. So I take it off, usually as the clock is expiring or on my way off the floor.

I suppose I could just tuck the whistle inside my shirt.