Playoff scoldings from B. Mauer

[Suudy]

From the notes:

PE: There was a long run & B grabbed the Face Mask (5 YD). This is a simple “tack on”. For some reason the HC was asked & he declined the foul. There is no need to ask the HC.

This is one of those things we seem to argue about a lot here. We ALWAYS ask the captain. In this situation we'd probably tell him "Captain. There was a facemask. I'm sure you want us to add the 5 yards to the run, right?" IMO, it never hurts to ask.

Catch Signal: The catch signal is never given into the field of play, only on a boundary line.

Is this an Ohio mechanic? Here in WA we have been told in no uncertain terms not to mimic NCAA mechanics (catch signal, out of bounds signal--the two hands moving to the sideline, covering official dead ball signal, etc). I don't think it is part of the NFHS mechanics book (then again, WA has issued its own mechanics manual, and I haven't seen the NFHS one in a while).

Also, we have had observers dock us for having more than 1 official signal incomplete. It means there was confusion on who was the covering official. Our mechanic is one and only one official signals incomplete.

Signaling: We do not have 1 official signal incomplete pass, then another official signal time‐out. As we know the incomplete pass signal stops the clock. We need to have a minimum of 2 officials signal incomplete pass to the PB.

I agree with ajmc. And more. Our mechanic is that ONLY the covering official signals incomplete, and others signal timeout. Indeed, we are told to mirror timeout signals in all cases (incomplete, out of bounds, timeouts, etc). I get what they are saying, but the clock operator needs all the help he can get.