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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
I'm a little surprised at the amount of disagreement over this post. To me this is key to having a good game - all the officials need to be in sync, and if we're not we need to adjust, somehow. Why is this not a given?
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Dan -- I've just read straight through this whole post, and I don't see that anyone disagrees with the statement, "To have a good game, all the officials need to be in sync." It's just that we disagree how to get there and how hard to push when it isn't working.
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Mmmm, maybe...maybe comments like "call your own game" "be an individual to move up", things like that stuck out to me more than to you.
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I'm still learning to "call my own game", and am not very good at adjusting yet. But, when I am working with a less experienced partner (there are a few of these around!), I do point out the importance of working off the same page, and I keep discussing it throughout the game, if necessary. If they object, I back off some and adjust a little. If a partner tells me I'm calling too tight, I ask for some compromise -- I'll loosen up a little if you'll call the whatever a little more.
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Pretty much what I'm talking about, as far as I'm concerned you're doing it exactly right.
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The hardest is when the partner is calling things based on emotion and is inconsistent himself. Then I just remember mick's sage words, repeated often during the season,
Get in,
Get done,
Get out!
Period.
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Oh boy, you got that right!
