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What I've been taught and learned and believe is never discuss the way players play, the way coaches coach, etc. because any help gives that team an advantage in that game or a later one. That aspect and even joking makeup calls affect your credibility for being neutral.
What if:
- you give a pitcher your reaction to her motion and she fools the last batter in the game into a K; or
- someone hears you make that comment and expects the same help for their team; or
- someone hears you make a suggestion to the team who is their opponent in the finals; or
- not everyone knows the "makeup call" was a joke (better to change the first one)?
All we have is our neutrality and consistency, so let's not be so casul about them.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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