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>>Coach, I understand you're frustrated. It was definitely a charge from my position.<<
Don't EVER hang your partner out to dry. You are asking for serious problems and you could be WRONG. I have a hard time believing you wouldn't mind him saying the same thing to the coach about one of your calls.
I had a playoff game where my partner and I made it clear in pregame that we would come in on an out of bounds call if we thought the other guy had it wrong (and the calling official would change the call), but only if we were "110% sure." At half time, he told me I missed one, and I asked him why he didn't come in. He said he wasn't "110% sure" so he didn't. I said its a good thing he didn't because it went off a player's shorts, and he didn't see it and didn't know I saw it.
My point is that while we do blow it and we do see what we believe are incorrect calls, you need to have a discussion with the calling official before a firm determination can be made that its wrong. Telling a coach he's wrong when you may not have the full info is unprofessional in my opinion.
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