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I am not missing the point. I know why he pointed. But by pointing, he is telling the whole gym that it is not his call and indicating, intentionally or not, that he does not have a call himself. If he knows what he would call but wants to hold his call, he should wait a second to see if his partner calls it. If the partner (varsity coach, rookie ref, or experienced ref) is going to make a call, he will make it pretty quickly. If no call is made, now just another can make the call.
Sure he may still hear about it because it was his partner's line and both coaches probably know it. But now he can credibly say that his partner didn't see it and he did. Pointing to a partner to make a call, then making the call and saying you made it because you're "pretty sure," is not good game management and will quickly lose you credibility in my book. If you have made it obvious that neither of you have a call here, go to the AP arrow. JMO
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