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Old Sun May 25, 2014, 01:17pm
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(JetMetFan: What did you use to create your cool visual aid? Also, do you like working with tinypic.com? I've been using Flickr to pin a URL (web address) to my own photos, and images.)
Tiny pic has worked fine for me. That's how I got this image on the forum. I'm going to send a note to the sportsdood person to ask him to put in an option for three officials as well as a HS/College basketball court. He responded to my request on another program so it's worth a shot.

As for the hot, single moms: Not me! And I can't even give the other guy credit for that. He had these momentary concentration blips that were just random. A few times as I prepared to administer throw-ins I looked at him to make sure he was ready and he was staring at the ceiling. Like, for about five seconds. There were no escaped birds in the gym so I'm not sure what was up.

Seriously, if I knew there was ever a chance I'd work with him again I would've suggested he attend a few camps to improve his training. The guy had all the requisite state HS patches on his shirt but in addition to at least five calls he made right in front of me that were wrong he had a big issue with continuous motion.
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Old Sun May 25, 2014, 04:00pm
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I'm going to send a note to the sportsdood person to ask him to put in an option for three officials as well as a HS/College basketball court.
There already is an option for a high school, or a college court. Right after you select basketball as a sport, just click on the icon in the upper right hand corner, the one that looks like a restore (restore up, or down) icon, after the half court icon.

No option for three officials. The programmer must be from Connecticut.

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Old Sun May 25, 2014, 04:04pm
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There already is an option for a high school, or a college court. Right after you select basketball as a sport, just click on the icon in the upper right hand corner, the one that looks like a restore (restore up, or down) icon, after the half court icon.

No option for three officials. The programmer must be from Connecticut.
Ah, so there is. Thanks. I hadn't clicked through all the icons. Given the default is the NBA court I'm surprised the developer didn't include a 3-official option.

update... There *is* a 3-official option. Hold ctrl and scroll or click on the box for # of officials.
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Old Mon May 26, 2014, 12:51am
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Well this is summer ball and I am lucky to get a partner that would even be the the half court based on where players are located in this pic. I would have personally moved on and not worried about the call. They can yell at him all day for all I would care.

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Old Mon May 26, 2014, 01:29am
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Must have been a crew saver if your partner came in all that way to help you...

Buy him a beer after the game.
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Old Mon May 26, 2014, 01:57am
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Has anyone ever overruled their partner in a case like this? Or do you always just go with it?
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Old Mon May 26, 2014, 02:27am
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Has anyone ever overruled their partner in a case like this? Or do you always just go with it?
By rule, you can't overrule a call, no matter how wrong it may be.

You can give a partner information and allow him to change his own call, but I've never seen it on a travel.
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Old Mon May 26, 2014, 09:04am
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Has anyone ever overruled their partner in a case like this? Or do you always just go with it?
The thought crossed my mind for about a half-second but as JAR said I can't overrule him and we both end up looking dumb if I run 60 feet to ask him what the heck he was doing. I did make a gentle mention during a time out that we should stay in our areas when possible but it didn't take.

As Jeff said this *is* summer ball but I have a feeling he carries these habits into the regular season and no one has said, "Umm, you might want to trust your partners a bit more." On the travel in question the entire gym - maybe about 60 people - stopped. I mean the *entire* gym. Everyone was shocked because they had no idea why the whistle blew and they were even more stunned when he made the call. Nobody supporting Team A even yelled and it was a close game. I just got the ball from the "offender" and said, "Let's go, ladies, White ball!"
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I would've suggested he attend a few camps to improve his training.
Good attitude. Good partner. A lot of officials would have just thrown him under the bus and forgotten about him.
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The guy had all the requisite state HS patches on his shirt
We only where are "patched shirts" during state sponsored HS games - never during Rec Ball or AAU. Others?
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Old Mon May 26, 2014, 05:52pm
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We only where are "patched shirts" during state sponsored HS games - never during Rec Ball or AAU. Others?
Do you only use the correct homophones during the HS season as well?
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Do you only use the correct homophones during the HS season as well?
A homophone? We can't call people names like that on the Forum, can we? Where's a moderator when you need him?
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A homophone? We can't call people names like that on the Forum, can we?
Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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Old Tue May 27, 2014, 01:48am
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We only wear our "patched shirts" during state sponsored HS games - never during Rec Ball or AAU. Others?
As you were saying...

I worked games in two states (NY & NJ) this weekend. In NY I didn't, just a plain black and white. In NJ I did because that's what my partner was wearing.

From what I recall of the days when I used to work summer ball more often the NJ officials tend to wear their patched shirts more often. Maybe it's because they have a state patch during the season so they might not want to spend the extra $ to get one or two plain shirts. Just me guessing, of course.
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Old Tue May 27, 2014, 04:03am
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I worked games in two states (NY & NJ) this weekend.
So it depends on "where" you are whether you "wear" the patch or not. We never see em here.

Once last season I worked a private school tourney and showed up without a patchless shirt - had to cut it off before the game. First time I thought velcro was a good idea.

PS - and thanks to the spelling police. I went to public schools. Sometimes my writing is not so goodly!
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