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Originally Posted by Ignats75
If my partner is someone I've never worked with before, it might indeed make me wonder. Is this the kind of official that will warn a coach three or four times about violating the coaches box? Is this guy going to keep warning the same player to keep the arm bar down? Is this guy going to keep telling players to get out of the lane and never call 3 seconds?
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good points, i see where you are going....like i said though i have guys who are veteran officials who i have worked with on a regular basis with who would not even think twice about this...my whole point in even bringing this up in the first place was to emphasize that if you do tell them once and then walk away they don't know whether you are still watching them disobey you or whether you told them and that was it you walked away and just expected that they would do as they are told. to me there is a benefit to treating players like "adults" when they reach the varsity level and not dictating to them in situations like this. now i understand that there are going to be a million other times during the game where i will dictate and there will not be a question, but to me it is a matter of picking your battles...and i don't buy the whole "if you give them an inch they'll take a mile" argument in this case...i am not out to start an adversarial relationship with a player before the game starts unless i am forced to....different school of thought that's all....