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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
A common complaint by whom? 
I've never heard that particular complaint from league assignors, evaluators, commissioners, etc. They all want to get every call right, but they also know that ultimately someone has to step up and make a final decision. That's why God made R's.
There's one heckuva big difference between "going it alone" and stepping up to make a definitive decision. There's nothing wrong with getting input, but you still have to ultimately make your own calls...and own 'em too.
Stopping to take a poll on every close call can mean one heckuva long game.  |
I very clearly said MY opinion
You're going to the extreme here partner. We are not talking about conferencing on every call, that's ludicrous. How often does a potentially intentional/flagrant foul occur in a game? Once? Twice? Every 10 games? I think we'd agree its pretty uncommon and a quick "hey partner I think we may need to upgrade" can take less than five seconds and now everyone knows that we are working together, through everyone's egos to get a play right. In the end, yes, you must live and die with your own whistles, I'm not coming to rescue anyone. But, this is clearly a situation where good partnering can keep us out of alot of trouble.