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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Consistency does not mean call the same thing on both ends, just because.
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I agree with the "just because" part but in my opinion consistency as a crew means calling the same thing on both ends. If two officials in a three-official crew think incidental contact has one definition and the third thinks it is another, someone needs to adjust. Face it, at some point during the game each official is going to be in all three positions. It is unfair to your partners and the players if you are letting go contact that the other two are calling. And it will probably make for a very long game if you cannot get on the same page.
That is one of the hardest things for me to nail. It is getting easier as if
finally dawn on me that a play originating in my primary (headed to a partner's primary) when my partner is calling a foul and we don't have a double whistle that is a sign we need to discuss the play as we may have different definitions of a foul.