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Old Wed Oct 23, 2013, 02:44pm
Stat-Man Stat-Man is offline
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Originally Posted by BigT View Post
New officials are going to miss calls for 1-30 years. Their self esteem is going to be on shaky ground for a long time.

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You clearly embarrassed a rookie and made him feel bad.
Having started my second season, I try to tell partners in the pregame that if they see something obvious I miss, call it if necessary and then let's discuss it at halftime or post-game (so I can turn it into a learning experience).
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