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Old Sat Jun 14, 2014, 12:10am
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... but what's so hard about spitting out an extra syllable crisply, especially when we should be all about "getting it right?"
Saying the precise color has nothing to do with "getting it right".
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Old Sat Jun 14, 2014, 09:28am
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We are told to call the team's actual color. Meaning we don't say "red" if their color is maroon, nor do we say "blue" if their color is actually purple.

I don't know why we were told that, but I don't see the problem in calling a team by their actual color anyway. Heck, the other team is "white", so it's not like the scorekeeper is going to get them confused.
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Saying the precise color has nothing to do with "getting it right".
Exactly. I'm just surprised someone actually takes this so far they actually say "maroon". I'm wondering if they also use "teal" or "aqua."
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Old Sat Jun 14, 2014, 12:16pm
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Exactly. I'm just surprised someone actually takes this so far they actually say "maroon". I'm wondering if they also use "teal" or "aqua."
Maybe they should say "fuchsia" as well. After all we have to be accurate right?

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Old Sat Jun 14, 2014, 12:57pm
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Maybe they should say "fuchsia" as well. After all we have to be accurate right?

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"Hey, coach. Is that officially 'lime green?'

I'd have to start bringing my wife to all my games.
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Old Sat Jun 14, 2014, 02:08pm
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And if I work Tennessee games, I'll be happy to yell out "Volunteer Orange"
Too late. Jake Bell's tryout camp was last weekend
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Old Sat Jun 14, 2014, 04:01pm
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Light Goldenrod Yellow. (Note: It's a real color)

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For those that want to be accurate on their color names, here is a page with several names for various shades and hues:

List of colors: A?F - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Coquelicot, Fulvous, Persimmon or Russet anyone?
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Old Sat Jun 14, 2014, 08:57pm
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I can see "gold" for yellow, and even "red" for maroon, but what's so hard about spitting out an extra syllable crisply, especially when we should be all about "getting it right?"
The mantra of "getting it right" applies to getting plays/calls correct.
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We are told to call the team's actual color. Meaning we don't say "red" if their color is maroon, nor do we say "blue" if their color is actually purple.
Is there anyone who can find a fundamental, factual flaw within this instruction?
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Old Sun Jun 15, 2014, 01:34pm
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Is there anyone who can find a fundamental, factual flaw within this instruction?
No one I work for would ever even talk about something like this. I doubt they have ever even thought about it.
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Old Sun Jun 15, 2014, 02:35pm
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Is there anyone who can find a fundamental, factual flaw within this instruction?
The flaw is that it appears someone is teach something that really has nothing to do with anything. Part of our job is to communicate so that wer are understood. If we say every color that it possibly could be, we will confuse people right or wrong. We only have two colors to announce or use. One is white the other is a darker color. I see no point in trying to be so specific when the reality is that most colors are not easily identified. And what do you do with someone that is color blind? There are people that cannot easily identify what specific color a jersey might be. I do understand that some want to be very specific, but this part of our communication does not need to be that specific or we do not explain every call. No one in my career has ever complained that I called them black, red or gold when they were a different color as far as I can remember. They usually figure out what color we are identifying and that is after all the only issue.

For one we do not go and report fouls and tell exactly what a player did, most just say a "push" or "hold" without much detail. I do not find it a necessity to do otherwise with a color we might say only for an out of bounds purpose or telling a scorer which team we actually called a foul on.

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POST-CAMP REPORT: Verbalized "orange" for the first time ever at a camp this weekend. It didn't hurt.
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Old Sun Jun 15, 2014, 05:06pm
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No one I work for would ever even talk about something like this. I doubt they have ever even thought about it.
Any evaluator that says this to me mustn't have anything to say about my officiating. Also, I'd wonder why I dumped money on the camp for that kind of feedback.
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Old Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:30pm
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POST-CAMP REPORT: Verbalized "orange" for the first time ever at a camp this weekend. It didn't hurt.
Hey Freddo, you ever been to Mike Conlin's CABO camp?
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Old Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:36pm
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Is there anyone who can find a fundamental, factual flaw within this instruction?
I dont' knwo about flaw, but how far do we take it? What if they object to orange and want it to be "burnt orange?" Or want "maize" for "yellow." or "crimson" or "scarlett" or "cherry" for red?

Honestly, when I grew up, I only had the box of eight crayola crayons, and orange and purple were missing. Seriously.
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