Rainmaker, JR
The situation that you are talking about, in my viewpoint, would be a situation where you had an out of bounds call that was not the same as what I had. IN this instance, we need to come together.
( ON a side note, it almost seems as though both of you are under the notion that your area is your area, and you dont need nor want any help.. ever. To a point, I would agree. But as a strong official, I am absolutely NOT going to make the DEFINITIVE SIGNAL of two fingers towards the floor UNLESS I AM 3,000% SURE. I will also respectfully disagree that this makes me someone who is NOT a team player. )
But in the original post, the topic was a three-pointer... Not the changing of a call, not a difference of opinion in judgement.............I saw him on the line, and I want to get the call correct. But I am not going to stop the game for it. Perhaps if I was officiating in JR's conference, I would have to change this.....
However, having been in the situation where a partner changed my out of bounds call ( not really changed, just came up after I did with the ball going the other way..why he was looking at the line, I have no idea ).. we came together because I KNOW lead did not see it and was simply guessing, and we got the call right. However after talking to the evaluator, and discussing the situation with mentors and others, I was told the same thing time and again... if you partner is willing to come and change your call, roll with it because it is now on his shoulders.
Avoid this situation by a good pre-game, and the problem will be solved.
