Both good points
There is a thread dispersed among all these character's caricature submittals (entertaining but not pertinent).
To Hawks Coach,
Probably the only reason there was any pointing (from the official to the stand-in Varsity coach official) was to inform him that it was his call. With a regular crew there would not have been any pointing. If my partener didn't immediately show a direction (a glance at me requesting input) I would have seemlessly helped him out. Either heading to the other end of the court or holding my position and either way giving a not so emphatic call - so he can duplicate my call and act as though it were his own. If I don't know, I will shrug and give the jump ball signal and then help by point in the AP direction.
As for "pretty sure" .... probably a bad choice of words. You're right a coach never wants to be on the short end of a "pretty sure" call but give him the winning end that's okay... good officiating.
Good thing we don't have any pretty sure signals because as you well know, we make pretty sure calls all of the time. Television shows us that; seeing the same play from different angles gives you pretty sure different calls.
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