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Originally posted by JugglingReferee
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Assignors usually don't allow any of their officials to x out any potential partners, but part of the assignor's job certainly is to try and get the right combination of personalities together out there. Keeping incompatible people away from each other when you're assigning crews isn't really a biggie.
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You may not know, JR.
In my necks of the woods, there are 2 or 3 officials that when I receive my assignment sheet and their names are on it, I say No right away. If someone calls me by phone and asks for me to fill in, I ask who my P will be. If it is that person(s), I say No.
This is my way of keeping incompatible people away from each other.
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If you are completely incompatible with a certain official, then I don't blame you one bit for not wanting to work with him/her. It's not a good situation for yourself or anybody else, including the teams involved. The problem is though that you have to give up those assignments if you do it the way you mentioned. What would happen if you had a heart-to-heart with your assignor instead of just turning down an assignment? Jmo, but I think that any reasonable and competent assignor should know his officials and also know who to put together- or keep apart- to get the best game results. The assignor should also try to find out
why an official doesn't want to work with another official. If it's just a personality or philosophical clash between two officials, then it's really no biggie for the assignor. Just try to keep 'em away from each other- unless you happen to get stuck. If one of the officials is acting like the clown mentioned above in this thread, then the assignor should know about that too- and he should also do something about it when he does find out. You don't want people like that representing your association or driving good officials away. Jmo.