I didn't say he threw out the rule book but he did throw out the details that we all know we never apply. How many of you enforce the 10 minute rule of having to have the roster in before the game? I know I don't. But you have to know what the rules are and you have to know how they are to be applied. He told us that there are probably four to six rule decisions per game. The rest is calling the game. Your rules knowledge is the foundation of everything else you do. If you don't know the rules and one of those four to six decisions, then you look bad. You have to know them. After that you just call the game the way you have been taught.
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