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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
"Coach,he had a good view of it. If you have a question, ask him later".
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My line is "Coach, I honestly wasn't looking there. I'm sure he won't mind if you ask him/her, though." Seems to work, and interestingly, they ususally forget about the play and don't ask anyway.
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You can use these lines once, maybe twice, per game. I never sell out my partners, but you cannot defend or continually play dumb when coaches ask you to explain a partner's bad call. After a while, all you can do is let the coach vent. You don't want too much of that, either, so as JR suggested, I kept away from the benches and refused to even make eye contact with the coaches when my partners blew their whistle. I just rotated quickly and administered the penalties or got out of the way.