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Old Thu Oct 07, 2021, 01:52pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Protecting Star Players ...

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Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
I have no "secret handshakes". I find just being honest about what I'm doing is the best route.
So you would have no problem saying, "Yeah coach, they both hit him and maybe #15 did hit him a split second before #12 did, but #15 is their best player and he has four fouls in the fourth period a close game".

Note: I'm not a big advocate of protecting star players, but I do try to be aware of star player foul totals for 50/50 calls in the last period. Other officials I work with, in my opinion, go over and above to protect such players.

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Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
My state is not in the habit of putting "secret handshake" material in the annual clinics.
Exactly my point (for presentations to coaches).
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