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it just seemed like a blanket statement. for example, if i am working with a knowledgable, hard-working, communicative official, then chances are that @ 75% of the calls that I would make in his "area" are wrong.
however, if i am working with someone that doesn't want to be there, just wants to get home and get the game over with, and NEVER calls anything, then the percentage of "wrong" calls that I may make in his area would be way under 75%. I have to pick up his slack for the sake of the player.
i'm certainly NOT saying that I focus on my partner's area. quite the contrary. I will say, though, that I have had to call obvious fouls/violations cause my partner was trying to "get home by 8" (his words in pregame meeting).
Mick, it might be because I am a first year official, and I primarily work lower level games. maybe at the varsity+ level the "75%" statement would be more valid, or in 3-man situations.
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