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Old Sun Dec 02, 2001, 04:04pm
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Originally posted by Josh Ovens
i had soemthign similiar happen to me 2 nights ago, and i responded to the coach,"i wasnt looking down there, ask my partner about it, he has a much better view in front of him then i do."
I absolutely HATE referees that say this to caoches! It a lot of cases it comes across as if you are trying to distance yourself from your partner, and lay the blame squarely on him/her.

A better response is something like: "if it was a foul (violation, whaterver) then we would have called it". This shows a united crew working together.

There is no such thing as YOUR call and THEIR call, everything that happens on the court is OUR responsibility.
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