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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
I agree the official needs to speak intelligently. Telling him/her that you were out of position isn't intelligent.... Never admit incompetency.
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There is a difference between being
out of position and
not being in position to make a call or see a play
To me,
out of position means I wasn't where I supposed to be to referee a play in my primary.
Not being in position to make a call or see a play means the play wasn't in my primary and I either couldn't see the play or I had match-ups in my area that precluded me from extending my coverage.
And if I were
out of position and I blew a call, and the coach isn't or hasn't been an a$$-hole, I might say something like "Yeah, I think I blew that one, I didn't put myself in a good position to see the play." If the coach is an a$$-hole, then I just say "I might have missed that one Coach." I wouldn't consider it admitting "incompentence", just admitting a
possible mistake.