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Originally posted by jicecone
"Your opinion is worth as much as anyone else's with the same level of experience - and I don't know what that is so I'm not taking a shot by saying that."
Your absolutely right. As is yours. Opinions are like ????,
well you know what I mean. As others have already pointed out, this discussion is applicable at ALL levels.
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I think you may have misunderstood what I was trying to say. I was reacting to your own suggestion that your opinion might not be valued. In my own upside-down fashion I was trying to say that your opinion IS valued
at least as much as it should be given your level of experience. I'm sorry if my regretably poor effort to encourage your input was perceived otherwise.
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Originally posted by jicecone
The image portrayed by changing a call after a judgement and decision has been made is in you words, " That's BAD game management".
Well it might be for you. However, I am confident enough at whatever level I work at to handle ANY further questions or situations that may arise as a result of changing my call. I am not afraid to say that, "I made a mistake." Even if,
in your opinion, the rule book says that I can't.
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Neither am I "
afraid to say that, 'I made a mistake.'" My point was that if you do it my way, the way the pro's say to do it, YOU WON'T OFTEN HAVE TO! Why? Because you'll have checked first! It has nothing to do with confidence and everything to do with doing your job properly. You are NOT entitled to make a judgement call if you DIDN'T see the factors you are supposed to be judging UNLESS the continuing game action demands that you call something! That's seldom the case on swipe tag and pulled foot calls.
That's my point - CHECK FIRST when required! That's Rich's point. That's also Garth's point. If he thinks about it, that may even be BFair's point. Only
you want to defy the advice of the pro's and make a call when you're clearly blocked out THEN correct it later, as though that was some kind of honorable approach!
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Originally posted by jicecone
And when you think of it , that is what it comes down to. Doing, what each of us has to do, to get through are game.
Have a good day.
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I guess that's an "I'll do it my way, you do it yours" sign off. Ok. A2D. I just don't understand why you would want to ignore the advice of the best umpires the game has to offer simply because I'm the one who brought it to you. Adds a whole new dimension to killing the messenger, wouldn't you say? Sheesh!
Have a nice day.