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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
The premise of this procedure is that you missed the call and it's obvious to your partner.
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Nope, the premise of this procedure is that YOU think that I missed the call.
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I'm not sure why this is a point of contention between us. This whole conversation takes place in the context of the fact that one of us missed the call and it's obvious. We can yes, no, yes, no till March Madness. But the procedure is designed for a situation in which a call is missed and it's obvious to another official. That's the premise. The call was missed. If you reject that premise, that's fine. But then the point of the conversation changes and everything that I've written on the subject in this thread is moot.
Secondly, of course I
think you missed the call. But on top of that, guess what? You actually did miss the call. Otherwise, I give you my solemn oath that I won't blow the whistle.
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I might think something that's completely different.
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Of course that's what you think, otherwise you wouldn't have given the touchdown signal. But you know what? On that one play in that gray area in transition, your eyes tricked you. Badly. So badly that it's obvious to me.
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If you think that I made an obvious error, hey, tell me about it. If I agree with you, or I'm not 100% confident of my original call, then I'll change that call.
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And when you and I work together (hey, that
would be fun!
), that's how we'll do it b/c you obviously feel strongly about it. But for most of my games, we pre-game it so that we don't need to huddle to get this particular call right. And I don't have a problem with that.