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Originally Posted by CO ump
Just two questions
1. When you use this technique is it with or without the permission of your partner?
2. In a similar sitch, would you ever allow your partner to make the call and have to deal with the coach if the call was your responsibility?
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1.This is not a technique, it is called experience. Having worked the league and previous games with that coach and also knowing the experience of my partner it was the correct action to take for that game and that moment. Again, when a member of THE TEAM (umpires) looks bad, the entire TEAM looks bad and then it goes up the line to the assignor and association.
And believe me, it is not all about me when I am on that field.
"With or without permission?" Again experience.
2. Twenty years ago and standing there like a deer in headlights, I might have.
Today, NO.
It would be a great world out there if all you had to do was read the manuals and spend all our time online to become a good official.
Unfortunately, it just doesn't work that way in the officiating world we work in. Game management, communication skills, reading between the lines and dealing with real world situations are things that come from experience ONLY.
Good questions though?
Thank you, and I DO NOT know it all.