I'm as rules-based and anyone but I'm not going to get my shorts in a bunch if I'm the R and my U1/U2 makes a correction to the clock. If they saw the problem and have definite knowledge I'll more than likely tell them to make the correction. It won't hurt me to know why they're doing it but the other people out there are big boys/girls. They can explain to the coach(es) what they're doing. If they can't they shouldn't be out there to begin with. If they're not sure about whether the clock should be changed that's a different story.

Heck, one of my Rs in an NCAAW game this past season told me to make a shot-clock/game clock adjustment because I told him I knew how much time should have remained. It's a matter of trust.

The R's I work with pre-game to take care of simple timing problems and keep the game moving.

Not all Crew Chiefs are built the same I guess.

Oh Mr. NevadaRef, you crack me up.

As I said in an earlier post, if I am the R and my partner comes to me with a timing fix, I will look at him/her like they just grew a 3rd eye. They are big boys and girls and can take care of that without my permission. How in the living hell (that you must exist in) that makes me have ego problems (or makes me obtuse) I have no idea. It would appear that the one with the ego issue is the one that demands that all communication with the timer be done by him and him alone.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the known world, officials will continue to handle timing issues when they see them.

This one has run its course.