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Originally posted by bigwhistle
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In my pregame, we go over that the outside official needs to not make any signal other than the closed fist immediately. The reason for this is that for many years the Lead has had the call automatically if it was coming to him. Therefore, there is a tendency among too many officials to immediately come out selling the crash without considering that it was not his primary and that the outside partner may have a different call
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While this is what we have to do, I wish they would change this. I think the L needs to held acountable for calling out of his area. Too many L's make accross the paint calls that are bad calls or don't give the C a chance to make the call. The L needs to learn to trust the C. Now if the C missed the call then the L can come late.
Communication is vital, and a breakdown of communication is why blarges happen.
We always communicate, "trust your partners and call your area" in pregames. This is more an official's lack of focus on what his crew's responsibilities, more so the official who called out of his area.