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Just to be clear:
I agree that I would never, not in a million years, call palming from the baseline to the division line. The one my partner called was a pick the ball up in both hands and then a dribble.
What I was trying to do with my posts is to show that there is a difference between SEEING what happens outside your primary and CALLING something borderline outside your primary.
The posts that caught my eye and the posts I responded to were the ones that said, "What are you doing watching the ball?"
C'mon -- all of us SEE things out of our primaries all the time. I know for a fact that when the ball is still in the backcourt and the players are coming down the floor I SEE the ball coming up. I'm officiating my primary, but I occasionally see things that may or may not be violations or fouls.
When I work varsity-level-or-higher ball, I expect my partner to cover his half of the floor -- we'd get killed any other way, especially since we still work 2-man. We pregame certain situations where I want his help (like when I'm close to the player inside and watching for contact high, I appreciate help with the feet) and there's a give and take.
The original poster may be a ball-hawker, but I didn't get that impression. I did get the impression that the evaluator could've done a better job explaining WHY he shouldn't make that call.
Rut, I think, did a great job (except for the ball-hawking bit) and so did some other people.
Rich
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