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Originally Posted by ctpfive
Thinking that this might be an interesting question.
What do you find most irritating about an official that you might be working with or watching?
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I'd say the most frustrating thing about working with some of the people up here is the lack of time appreciation. Partners who show up late (Yes, 5 minutes before tip-off is late) drive me up the wall. The other thing that gets to me (sometimes) is partners who don't comunicate with me on the floor.
Case in point... 2-person. HS girls tourny final, rival schools (White vs Red). Partner calls a foul on Red as L in a scrum, reports the foul without telling me what is going on with ball. I give the ball the Red, thinking partner called the foul on white (bad on me for not checking I know...). Red in-bounds, drives, gets fouled in the act of shooting. My call. Now I get to explain to the White coach why her team got double whammy'd. All this could of been avoided by 2 things -
1. Partner could of not been in a rush to report and communicated what was to happen with the ball.
2. I could of gone seeking more information from my partner, to be sure we're giving the ball to the correct team.
Other than that 99.99% of the people I work with are great to work with. The other 0.01%, I've blocked due to personality conflicts.