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Originally Posted by iref4him
My question is - do you beleive that you sometimes officiate to the level of your partner(s)?
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Absolutely. I, like bbcof83 am typically the young/new guy on the crew and my biggest objective is to just fit in. My objective is to be consistent. The players and coaches can adjust to calls if we are consistent.
That being said, I also don't feel that I need to pass on obvious fouls or make stuff up just to match my partner's play calling. My goal as an individual is to prevent our crew from going into a "lessened" state of officiating. There are calls that I may have to have a whistle on to keep the crew afloat. In short it is a fine line between "saving" the crew and not stepping on partners toes.
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Originally Posted by iref4him
What do you when he feel yourself going there?
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I try to self talk. I try very hard to make myself aware of the foul counts, time in the game, as well as what our previous calls have been and at a timeout ask my partner(s) what they think. Essentially, I try to have an absolute focus on the game when I feel myself going downward.