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Originally Posted by Afrosheen
I understand where you're coming from and I did not give the whole story as the coach saw it too and he became infuriated at the call. So my willingness to approach my partner was an attempt to assuage the situation and I gave my partner an out by asking him whether the player gained possession with one hand before going into the backcourt where he caught it with two hands. edit: I did not overrule him.
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I know I'm doing the old "hindsight-20/20" thing here, but probably a good opportunity for that young official to learn how to talk to coaches. Next time you have some sort of similar situation, you could go up to the youngun' and tell him to quickly explain to the coach what he has, "Coach, I had player control in the front court", then have him move out. Then if the coach persists on commenting, you can chime in with "Coach, my partner told what he had, now we need to move on."