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Old Thu Sep 28, 2006, 01:14pm
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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Originally Posted by GoodwillRef
mcrower, I agree that he should have stopped the game and corrected the situation in a perfect world.
You don't SEEM to agree with this, considering that you previously advocated that he should not have brought it up until later, and then you again do so in this post.

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In this situation we don't know the officials involved and the personalities of those given officials. Some guys just think they know it all and you can’t tell them anything.
I see no reason for you to make assumptions that R was one of these guys.

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What I am saying is that it may have been better that they talk about it off the field to avoid conflict and looking unprofessional.
And there you go again. Better to look good doing the wrong thing than look a little unprofessional in doing the right thing? This is HORRIBLE advice to ANYONE reading here. If you are an official, and you see another official inadvertently enforcing a rule or penalty incorrectly, it is important that you stop things and make sure your CREW is doing it's job correctly. If there is a personality conflict when you do this, THEN you might address the situation in private - but don't make the assumption that if you try to do your job it will be met with a personality conflict until such conflict actually arises.
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