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Sometimes a kid will be "programed" into a response by the coach to were he is spouting off an answer before I have a chance to finish the options. I will stop them and tell them listen to me and give them their full list of choices.
Sometimes it cannot be helped. I had a live ball Chop block and a dead ball USC against the defense. I presented the options to the defensive captian first telling him " I have a 15 yard chop block foul against white. You want the 15 don't you?" He said "decline it." I told him that he needs to understand that when I mark off the USC it will probably give the offense a first down. He again said to decline it because that is what the coach wanted. Sure enough the half the distance walk off on the USC was enough to give A a first down. (It was so close we actually had to measure.)
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Jim
Need an out, get an out. Need a run, balk it in.
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