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Originally Posted by PYRef
I've tried to learn everything I can from all the partners I've had
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And you
did learn something from this partner: how NOT to react to a call that you don't agree with. Let me assure you that there will come a time when you are in his shoes and your partner makes a call that you just can NOT believe.
You now know that your facial expressions and demeanor can be read by other officials and probably coaches, too. So you need to do your best not to let your disagreement show. That undermines your partner.
After the game, you can talk about the call. Maybe (as in your situation) it'll turn out that your partner made a good call and you just had a bad angle on the play during the game. Or maybe your partner just screwed the pooch and the two of you can talk the play over and learn from it. Either way, while you're still
on the court, you'll always remember to mask that disagreement now, I bet.