The right calls

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

That is pretty much how I do it. I do not like to assume anything. And usually I do that when I am making sure we are marking it off from the right spot and just say, "You want the first down?" or "You want 15 more yard.....?" I am not looking for a real answer, but just an acknowledgment that they are getting the yardage and confirming it is not on them.

Peace

As someone who has been an R for a long time, no chance I'm doing this.

If someone doesn't want 15 more yards, they can get my attention. Doing this on every play is a time-waster.

[Canned Heat]

Originally Posted by Rich

As someone who has been an R for a long time, no chance I'm doing this.

If someone doesn't want 15 more yards, they can get my attention. Doing this on every play is a time-waster.

I have to admit, our crew runs this same way.

I will add that while we are sorting out the spot, number of the player, etc., my wings are usually already informing the sidelines on what is going on at or before we start walking it off...and it's been that way for 2 decades.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich

As someone who has been an R for a long time, no chance I'm doing this.

If someone doesn't want 15 more yards, they can get my attention. Doing this on every play is a time-waster.

I was a Referee for a long time, moved to Back Judge and now a Referee again. You do what works for you. I just have seen many times Referees assuming something and then having to come back and do something else other than what is "obvious."

I also did not say doing it on every play and I said that I do this while we are figuring out the enforcement. On my crew, we have some checks and balances to make sure we are going from the proper spot or that we have the right enforcement and what the result of the play was too. I want to make sure we all know the enforcement and while that is going on I walk by the captain or coach and say, "You are going to want this tacked on right?" They say usually yes and I give my final signal and we move on. Never had anyone complain about this procedure.

One time we thought ti was obvious as you suggest it is, we had a coach say, "I do not want to accept that penalty" and it took us several minutes to get it right. Never want that to happen again. And honestly I am not doing this because of what others do, because of what has happened to our crew and what I feel comfortable about. I really do not care if it takes a few extra seconds. I am not going anywhere.

Peace