in my girls jr. high tonight, my partner was a total newbie. not that i'm a veteran official by any means. but, this guy didn't know squat!!! out of position, wrong mechanics, bad calls, bad no calls. both coaches were upset. and i quite frankly don't blame them. i had to settle several discussions and calls made by my partner.
he made us, meaning our crew (2 man), look very, very bad.
i didn't tell him what to do. i didn't feel it was my place. but, he made me look bad because of some of his non-calls. coaches were wanting explanations. and he had none.
missed called like missing the ball go out of bounds. both coaches looked at me for help. all i could tell them was i wasn't watching his area and that it was his call.
what was i suppose to do? i have never worked with another official that just didn't know where he was suppose to be or to do or anything related to officiating a basketball game.
any suggestions?
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