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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 09:34am
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Stupidest Mechanic Ever
The "not closely guarded" signal is the stupidest mechanic ever and I have never (with apologies to the late J. Dallas Shirley) used it in any game where it is sanctioned for use (both high school and college). When I was a very young basketball official (I know, I have never been young), an older official, who I consider one of my mentors, told me that when you officiate, "you have nothing until you have something." If I do have a "closely guarded situation" then I am visually counting and if I do not have a "closely guarded situation" then I am not visually counting.
MTD, Sr.
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Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn. Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn. Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials Ohio High School Athletic Association Toledo, Ohio 
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