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Originally posted by Brian on 02-25-2000 09:35 AM
My poliicy is this, if I feel I must blow my whistle from trail on a block / charge stiuation, that is all I do. Yes I hold the closed fist above my head, and wait for the lead to make his/her call and see what it is. Then we are together, if he fields any heat for his decison you both have the same call, whether you really agree or not.
Brian, if that's how you handle that situation, I've no doubt I could work with you anytime. The reality is, though, that we don't always work with guys that are as attuned to such situations--they think they "see it," so they call it, regardless if it was coming at the Lead. Of course, sometimes the Trail is on the dribbler, who then tries to drive toward the hoop and meets a "road block." The Trail follows the play and, depending on how far to the hoop the player got, may make the call legitimately, but the Lead may also have seen it coming and made the call. Either way, it shouldn't be a problem if at least ONE of them pauses to see what the other had and doesn't signal right away. But no doubt more than once in a career it will happen that BOTH guys signal, and signal differently. Still not a major problem if one of the refs "admits" (to the coaches) to not having had a real good angle or having seen the whole play, and gives up the call to his partner who had a "good look at it." But that darn reality keeps coming in once in a while and messes things up for us--i.e., a stubborn partner who insists his was the right call, even if he wasn't in the best position to see it. Oh well, thankfully it IS a rare occurence.