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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
You pregame whether or not you would want the secondary official coming in with information or to just let the primary go with what he has. And you pre-game it using the exact same play you had from the championship game.
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My difficultly with saying this is what "information" is the secondary official offering besides an opinion that he believes that contact was intentional/flagrant?
I had a good look at my partner and believed that he wasn't screened out and that he had a great view of the play. I don't believe that I could have offered him any information which he didn't already possess (save proper rules knowledge). All that I had was a different opinion and I don't think that it is my job to override his judgment on the court.
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Let's change your play and say B1 has purposely grabbed a handful of A1's jersey from the back with one hand while swatting at the ball and hacking A1 with the other. Do you MYOB?
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That would have very much altered my actions on the play. I would now have been believing that my partner did not observe this illegal action and that it would fall to me to actually call it. Not only would I have put a whistle on the play, but I would have likely gone straight to the X. I then would have done the courtesy of going to him and letting him know that I have an intentional jersey grab from behind which there was no way that he could possibly see, and then I would have been the one to take the call to the table. I wouldn't have been offering to let him take the call for something which he didn't/couldn't see. I don't believe that would put him in a good position if a coach asked for an explanation.