[Board28'er]

I too have had this happen to me. My "partner" spent the entire game calling everything he could, whether it was in his primary or mine. It got to the point where the coach was yelling at me to tell him to eat his whistle.

A suggestion that can help this situation out is to talk to your partner during timeouts. I tried coming together and saying things like "let's remember advantage-disadvantage on some of these situations", and "good calls, strong whistle, but try to focus a little more on your primary area". I also try to make it a point in my pre-game to tell my partner to remember advantange-disadvantage, focus on your primary, and trust me. A great line that I have found that works is to tell my partner during pre-game that "I am going to trust you to cover your area, and I hope that you can trust me to cover mine, because I won't be looking away from my primary." This is a positive reinforcement, and doesn't look like you are being pushy.

If your partner is eating his whistle too much, which can be tough on you, try to mention things about the situation that you called. It might get your partners mind working a little, and get him/her into the game.

All in all, it's a tough pill to swallow. Just be professional, and do your best. People will notice that.