The death of knickers (I hope)

[Rich]

Uni Watch Another Nail in the Knickers’ Coffin?

This should eliminate the argument that black pants are inappropriate for warmer nights. Hopefully this trickles down to the HS level (here in WI) in a couple of years and I can throw out the knickers for good. We only wore them for 4 of our varsity games last year -- we wore shorts or black pants for all of our subvarsity games.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Uni Watch Another Nail in the Knickers’ Coffin?

This should eliminate the argument that black pants are inappropriate for warmer nights. Hopefully this trickles down to the HS level (here in WI) in a couple of years and I can throw out the knickers for good. We only wore them for 4 of our varsity games last year -- we wore shorts or black pants for all of our subvarsity games.

The white hat on my crew hates the black pants with a passion and wouldn't let us wear them at all last year.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by mbyron

The white hat on my crew hates the black pants with a passion and wouldn't let us wear them at all last year.

Really? I'm the WH on my crew and could never imagine acting as that much of a dictator in areas such as this. Matter of fact, the crew votes on what we wear every Friday night and I am merely the tiebreaker.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Really? I'm the WH on my crew and could never imagine acting as that much of a dictator in areas such as this. Matter of fact, the crew votes on what we wear every Friday night and I am merely the tiebreaker.

Our WH is not our crew chief and does not have that power either. We wear these pants all the time when we can. I hate white knickers as they are hard to keep clean and look silly in my opinion.

Peace

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Our WH is not our crew chief and does not have that power either. We wear these pants all the time when we can. I hate white knickers as they are hard to keep clean and look silly in my opinion.

In reality, most WHs are the crew chiefs, I would guess. I know the occasional crew up here where another member is the listed crew chief, but I'm guessing it's less than 1-in-10.

I could try to be a dictator in this area, but what's the point? I try to assert what limited authority I have over areas that really matter.

Besides, my crew all loves the black pants, so we never really argue over this one thing anyway.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

In reality, most WHs are the crew chiefs, I would guess. I know the occasional crew up here where another member is the listed crew chief, but I'm guessing it's less than 1-in-10.

I could try to be a dictator in this area, but what's the point? I try to assert what limited authority I have over areas that really matter.

Besides, my crew all loves the black pants, so we never really argue over this one thing anyway.

Of course most are. That goes without saying. Funny I have never been on an actual crew where the WH is crew chief at the high school level. And even my current crew chief does not act like he is in charge. He only makes decisions when we cannot seriously agree and someone has to decide. But he gets out voted by many all the time (we joke about it) with uniform changes or when we wear them. Other than that this is a partnership and we all look at it that way. He just takes care of most of our administrative issues and we try to work together on everything else.

Peace

[Suudy]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

In reality, most WHs are the crew chiefs, I would guess. I know the occasional crew up here where another member is the listed crew chief, but I'm guessing it's less than 1-in-10.

Our assn assigns crews for the season. Yet we are small enough that everyone knows the quirks of each of the WHs. We have one that refuses to wear jackets (long sleeves are ok). We have one that refuses to wear shorts. And we have some as others describe (whatever the guys want--and everyone owns--we are good). But in all case, the WH has the ultimate say.

In reality, what people wear comes down to what the assn mandates. And the assn only mandates nickers, short sleeves, and long sleeves (along with socks, shoes, hats etc). Heck, we don't even have blue bean bags, despite all the snow, since the board (state and local) can't agree on that. (And we all know that blue bean bags are only a problem in Boise, so I don't know why there is such opposition.)

[Welpe]

I was going to buy another pair of knickers this season but I think I'll wait now. I'm hoping this change is adopted sooner rather than later here in this state.

I look forward to the day when I can tell the rookie officials "When I started, we wore knickers and striped socks."