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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Why don't you protect your less experienced partner and not permit the coach to abuse him? After "enough abuse for the crew" the coach doesn't deserve a warning, he deserves a T.
You should certainly not instruct an inexperienced official to tell a coach to stop. That is something which a veteran should do for his newbie partner.
Unfortunately, you still aren't ready to lead a crew.
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I'm going to give my partner a crack or two to handle the situation himself. If he's good enough to be assigned to a particular game, I'm going to assume (at least at first) that he's capable of handling a coach.
There's nothing worse for the crew, IMO, than a veteran jumping over the rookie at the first sign of trouble. It makes the rookie look incapable, it makes the veteran look aggressive. That said, I won't let a coach run the bus over a younger official, either. But I'll try to handle it in a way that doesn't (1) show up the coach, (2) show everyone I have no trust in my partner and (3) make it look like I have it out for the coach.