Thread: Blown Call
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Old Tue Sep 28, 2004, 01:31pm
bjudge bjudge is offline
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Originally posted by mcrowder
bjudge, you just knocked the sails out of your argument entirely. Respect or not, once you walk on the field, you should respect your partners' ability to make calls in their zones. Otherwise, you have chaos. Perhaps he doesn't respect you either ... where would it end? Get past it, and call the game TOGETHER. If you readily admit that you would not be questioning the call if you respected him more, then you are also admitting the possibility that YOU didn't see it as well as you proclaim to have seen it. In essence, you are telling us, "I am positive I was right, and he was wrong ... except that if I trusted this guy more, maybe I didn't see it that well after all." Hypocrisy, wouldn't you agree?
Agreed, life is full of hypocrisy. I am not saying that i wouldnt feel different about the call if i respected the official that made the call, what i am saying is that i think things would have been handled much differently. If I respected the official, i probably would have chalked it up as he made a mistake and moved on. But what rubbed me the wrong way in this situation is that offical had the attitude that he made a call and didnt want to discuss it. So if he is not willing to accept the fact he MAY have made a mistake or accept constructive criticism, then he has no motivation to improve. Which means, these types of calls will continue to be made.
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