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Your partner may have been "the referee" but he was out of line here, in my books. Down by the blocks, there is NO WAY the trail should be blowing his whistle, unless there's something CATASTROPHIC that the lead has missed.
If it was up by the free throw line, that's an okay double-whistle, but down by the blocks is the LEAD'S AREA in 2-person mechanics, unless you are totally blocked out on the play, and you need your partner's help to bail you out.
Your partner ignored the two biggest rules of officiating:
1) Trust your partner
2) Watch your primary
Also, in 2-person crews, referee or umpire makes NO DIFFERENCE. You're out there together, equal, and equally accountable.
You made the right call here from what I can see, too bad you didn't stick with it.
The one thing the other guys nailed right on was the bit about pre-game...establish what to do on double-whistles, and more importantly, how to prevent them!
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