Pre Game Conversation With Coaches

[Welpe]

OK I've seen the Cadillac position reference enough without asking...what was it?

[Robert E. Harrison]

I find out who is game management and where to locate a trainer if needed and available. Verify properly and legally equipped and not eschew good sportsmanship to all.

Cadillac position is the old position in which the lead and trail official are table side and the center is opposite the table. I liked it because there are 2 officials that have similar views of the play as the coaches.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Robert E. Harrison

I find out who is game management and where to locate a trainer if needed and available. Verify properly and legally equipped and not eschew good sportsmanship to all.

Cadillac position is the old position in which the lead and trail official are table side and the center is opposite the table. I liked it because there are 2 officials that have similar views of the play as the coaches.

That's not the context in which I was using it.

Back in the day, the official always had to be on the left side of the court when facing play (2-person, of course). Therefore, if you inbounded the ball on the right (as opposed to left) side of the court, you had to look for an opportunity to cross over (the trail always initiated these crossovers and then the lead would follow suit). Completely idiotic that anyone ever thought you could work the game better this way and the "other" orientation was backwards and not ideal. Of course in those days the T had to receive a bounce pass from the lead and HAND the ball to the FT shooter on ALL free throws. Then for a couple of years we were allowed to bounce to the shooter as the lead on subsequent FTs, but the T had to administer the first one.

What you mention was the original 3-person layout that may or may not still be used in Louisiana (it was as of a few years ago - I made fun of it then). C was always opposite. It was an idiotic system because the C would be forced to cover half of the court and had an almost 50% chance to be on-ball, too. It may have also been known as Cadillac, I have no idea.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Welpe

OK I've seen the Cadillac position reference enough without asking...what was it?

In two man, there used to be a preference that for each official the court and players were boxed in to their right. So, if I'm T and I'm facing the endline, the basket is to my right side.

When I first started officiating in college, this was the mechanic. By the time I started doing it again after college, it was gone.

Note: I might be wrong on which side it was, but the concept is there.

Edited to add: Anyone who says the word "eschew" in a captains meeting is asking for trouble.