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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by Dudly
BITS....I too do not change my officiating to match my partners. I try to discuss it during TO's, halftime, etc... If that does no good I just keep my calls consistant. My challenge always seems to be the coaches trying to pit one of us against the other.
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I'm not sure I agree with this entirely.
I agree that if your partner is making the wrong calls, you don't then make the same wrong calls, but if they are calling more marginal contact than you would normally call, you do need to attempt to get on the same page even if that means passing less, because one team may get hurt worse than the other if you are not close to being on the same page.
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This is why the officials (in 2-whistle) switch on every foul.
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Switching will not ensure a fair game if your partner is calling everything everywhere on the court.
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It will ensure that the whistle-happy jerk is the lead for both teams evenly -- and other than "Get in, get done, get out" there's not much you can do with someone like this other than try to make sure you don't work with him/her again.
I always look at the bright side -- I can put up with ANYONE for 90 minutes
--Rich