[Gimlet25id]

You keep talking about "excessive contact" as if that means there has to be a foul and all contact that is excessive is a foul no matter what. Then you refer to things like screens which by rule can have tons of contact and be legal.

I'm talking about ILLEGAL contact or if you will ILLEGAL excessive contact. I used the screen play because that play tends to happen quite a bit @ the collegiate level. Besides I said ILLEGAL screens that happen to place a defender on the floor.

Good double whistles are usually a result of both officials calling the something in a dual or "fridge" area. Also many double fouls are in the lane. It is another thing to have a double whistle at the top of the key near the division line.

I agree with this!!!!

I did not realize that officiating is about one way or another all the time. Everything I do is to try to get plays right. What about concentrating on what I am supposed to do? What about trusting that my partner saw the entire play and I did not?

Sure If you didn't see the whole play then you shouldn't have a whistle. Your still trusting your partner. In fact you might even give them first crack. Generally on secondary coverage plays.

When I hear people say, “get it right,” that often does not mean get what is right, it means, “get what I feel is right.”

I'm not talking about what you feel is right, but what you know is right!!!

The problem is your partner(s) might have an opinion as well. I also would not feel this way if I have not had partners completely make calls all in my area and they called something that I felt was totally wrong.

I agree with you here. I'm sure we all have had partners who has called something on us that just wasn't there. Believe me those type of plays aren't the plays I'm referring to.

I do not feel I need to see everything all over the court. I am sorry, but I do not. I am not going to save a game with an illegal screen call.

You shouldn't see everything on the floor. You will see plays in your secondary from time to time that are in your partners primary that he/she might not see. You may never save a game with a pick up on a major illegal screen. You may prevent the offended kid from retaliating.

I do not agree with you that when judgment is involved that we can simply get it right when we are not in position. You seemed to forget that usually the person that is looking at their primary is in position to see the play. The person not calling in their primary is likely out of position or looking around bodies to make a call.

If you are working @ the college level then you know that there are times in every game where you would be picking up plays in your secondary. That doesn't mean your out of position or that your partner is out of position just that your position happens to give you the better angle to referee the play. In fact you may have closed in on the play. The key is to be in the best possible position to make the RIGHT call.

Great thoughts. Great comments!!!