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Old Sun Nov 13, 2005, 09:48pm
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CV --

I went back and re-read your post, and I have some further advice. When you are the more experienced ref and you don't want to screw your brand new partner the way you think you got screwed, then the most important thing is to decide ahead of time how to react to certain situations.

What will you do when you think he got a call dead wrong? You know you won't push him out of the way and change the call -- you already know you won't. But what WILL you do?

What will you do when he wants you to bail him out of a jam? Decide now how you will handle it.

How about when he misses a very obvious foul? What if he reports something wrong, or tries to fix the clock when he shouldn't or tells someone a wrong rule?

If you think through some of these things, you'll be a long way down the road toward being a "Good Partner" -- the kind everyone wants to work with.
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