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Old Tue Feb 12, 2008, 05:06pm
Ref_in_Alberta Ref_in_Alberta is offline
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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?

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.
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