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Originally Posted by OKREF
I've never seen this. I really believe I would go to the guy and tell him he has no business calling this, it isn't his responsibility to call this. I would then call both coaches together and tell them we have an inadvertent whistle and continue from there. I would then call my supervisor immediately after the game. There is absolutely no reason for the trail to get involved with this play.
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Watch the video again...the new T did go to the partner and try to talk him out of it. Didn't work. And the calling official had already gone to the coach and told him what was being called - so too late to go with the inadvertent whistle explanation. Besides, does it look like the calling official is going to let the new T do anything about this? At that point there was really nothing the new T could do other than put the ball in play...it became a get in, get done, get out type of game for the last few seconds.