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Originally posted by Indy_Ref
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Originally posted by mick
This was a half-time, off the court discussion.
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I admire that you did it this way. I'm not sure I could have knowingly made the incorrect call...presence or no presence. I would have been inclined to make the correct call while explaining to the coaches that my partner was correct in telling me that white tipped the ball but didn't see blue touch the ball before she committed the BC violation. I wouldn't have made it a "rules discussion" issue, rather, I would have made it an "incomplete information" issue.
How long have you been partners with this other official? I can see doing it your way only if this was one of the first times you've worked together. What if the white coach had said, "Mick, I know you know the rule! You got the call correct! I saw the whole thing! Why are you changing it?" What would you have answered?
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Indy_Ref,
I have worked with this partner a few times this year and a polite number of games over the years.
As far as explaining the rules, that's what I would have done with the coach (probably, coaches), had partner stayed away.
mick