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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
If they are both adamant about correct though, then get together and try and straighten it out. If you know what you're doing, the game gets delayed a max of maybe 30 seconds by getting together. And you maintain your crew integrity.
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How do you figure a huddle is any better in this sitch? All it does is present the opportunity for an argument on the court. If your partner comes to you in a huddle and says, "Woody, his foot was definitely on the line," are you going to say "No it wasn't"? Do you want to start a testosterone contest out there about who is going to give up their positive info first?
No. You're going to say, "Are you 100% positive?" He's going to say "Yes" (otherwise he wouldn't have come to you), and you're going to say "Ok, two points". How is this any different from the Fed procedure. It's exactly the same except without the words.
Once you pre-game it, "Tweet!! Two!" equals "Woody, you missed that. . . Are you 100% sure? . . . Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you. . . Ok, two points".
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Chuck, it's NOT the same. With the huddle, I change my own call. With the overruling thing, you holler to everyone in the gym that I blew it royal. Okay, YOU don't, but that's what they hear. At this point I might as well take a long walk on a short pier. At least if you're going to tweet and yell the correction, yell it to the partner, and let them give the info to the table. "Tweet!! Partner, I've got a foot on the line." Now I can say, "Thanks! Hey, table -- make that a 2." My dignity is preserved. Some folks may not need that type of delicate handling -- but the ones who do need it are the ones you most want to treat in this more careful way.