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Originally posted by SavaahnTy
1) 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.
2) 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.
3) 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.
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1) I have never said anything like that or intimated anything like that anywhere. On the contrary, I fully agree with getting the call right and using your partner(s) help to do so. What I completely disagree with is an official that is not going to give his partner any HELP; he is just overruling his partner's call; and he could be going outside of his primary to do that also. Please don't make up inferences that aren't there just to try and make your own point.
2) Whatinthehell does being a "strong official" have to do with getting the correct call? Does that mean that your judgement is ALWAYS better than all of the weak mortals that you get stuck with? There's never any need to talk to them? Just change their call if you don't agree with it? My opinion of you is unchanged. Unfortunately.
3) Say what? You really need to go back and read the original post. The topic was an article called "CHANGING THE CALL"!!! The article said that you just CHANGE THE CALL by OVERRULING your partner WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION!!! You can get the call correct by simply taking 10 seconds to talk to your partner(s). What happens if both of your partners disagree with you? Does the "strong" official get 3 votes, and the other 2 shlubs only get 1 apiece? Btw, how do you know whether your partners agree with you unless you do talk to them?
Lah me.
PS- I'm still waiting for someone to tell me how they can ignore the very explicit language in both the NCAA and NFHS rulesets that states that you CAN'T change your partner's call.