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The way I see it, you've got two separate but related issues:
1. With respect to the coaches, everyone should start each new game with a clean slate. Smitty's right, it can be difficult, but you need to try. Give them the benefit of the doubt until they prove they don't deserve it, then act accordingly. Don't get caught up emotionally - you need to be the calm voice of reason in an otherwise chaotic world.....
2. The situation with your partner is a whole other dynamic. For any game, but especially ones like this, you both really need to be on the same page. All I can suggest is pregame, pregame, pregame....beat it into his head until he submits. Has anyone tried being brutally honest with him? Maybe a candid conversation with a couple more experienced colleagues would help him get his head out of his a$$ and back in the game where it belongs.
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