Strange Night II

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

He once questioned a backcourt call.

Official scorekeepers should not be doing this, not even once. Definitely not "Removal-Worthy", but he definitely crossed a line. Sounds like the school secretary was not too far away from the truth.

[Zoochy]

I just did a game yesterday where the scorekeeper was saying "That's a foul", "She traveled" and other stuff. At first I thought it was coming from the Head Coach, but realized it wasn't when the coach was at the end of the bench talking to her player and I hear the comments.
She was not loud. And I did not make this an issue. I will remember this next time I visit the school.

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Official scorekeepers should not be doing this, not even once. Definitely not "Removal-Worthy", but he definitely crossed a line. Sounds like the school secretary was not too far away from the truth.

Anyone had a "Removal-Worthy" incident?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by The Rooster

Anyone had a "Removal-Worthy" incident?

No, but I'm not shy about telling table personnel that they are not going to act like a fan when performing table duties. And I don't sugarcoat it either.

[BayStateRef]

Originally Posted by The Rooster

Anyone had a "Removal-Worthy" incident?

High School kid was doing the clock while the AD did the book. It was a varsity double header. Kid was fine for the first game, but he wanted to leave when it was over and the AD begged him to stay. Second game, there were constant clock problems. I finally had him removed...for which the kid was very appreciative. The AD ended up doing both.

I once removed a scorer from an AAU game after he started a verbal fight with the coach from the other team.

A fellow official removed the shot clock operator from a varsity game because he was drunk...to the point that he constantly reset or failed to reset the clock.

It happens. Be prepared to deal with it.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Apparently, she wanted us to be aware that there's been some behavior issues with the boys' home scorekeeper, and if we feel that a technical foul is necessary, feel free to handle it.....

This was funny to me. I could see this at every game! Gee, thanks for the warning.

Originally Posted by The Rooster

Anyone had a "Removal-Worthy" incident?

I'v removed one scorekeeper and one clock op over the yrs as they were just "too partial" and protesteth too much. NEXT!

[MD Longhorn]

I dumped an announcer once, albeit during a football game.