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Old Thu May 27, 2010, 11:00am
Nevadaref Nevadaref is offline
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Originally Posted by M&M Guy View Post
If it's done a couple of times a game, and done in ordinary situations, then yes, it would indeed look like you're calling the game for your partner.

But if I made a call that seemed obvious to others that should be different, I would want my partner(s) coming to me to give me that info I somehow missed. I would be just as pissed that my partners let me make a dumb-a$$ call as I would be if they were consistently making calls in my primary.

Sure, it's a fine line. And if there's any doubt, don't do it. But if it's definite, tell me how anyone thinks less of a crew when they get together to get a rather obvious call right one official comes in and overrides the decision of another?
Since my comment which you quoted was not about getting together and discussing the call, but made in the context one official going ahead and making the harsher decision right away, I've altered your post to pose the pertinent question.

Remember in my case, the calling official actually was consulted by a partner and he chose to stick with his original decision. As it turned out the only way that an X was getting called on this particular play was for another official to have gone ahead and made the call right under this guy's nose. That's not something that I'm comfortable with doing.
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