Working with a different partner

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Around here we've got a small group of officials that cover a small regional area. You could be assigned to work with anyone of them but there are only 8-9 guys so you get to know each other pretty well over the course of the year. Only time you would work with someone you don't know might be at playoff time.

Amongst ourselves the only commonality issues we often encounter are various opinions on managing the game. We've got a couple of association guys who think the best way to manage the game is to not let anything ever get to a point where it could get have a chance of getting out of hand (ironically they are the ones who often have to throw out more T's to visiting coaches because of how tight the game is and the lack of flow and energy) while others are willing to adapt the level of contact being allowed to the level and abilities of the players involved. If you get in a situation where the game is physical and competitive between 2 good teams and you've got 1 of each you can get into a mess. Default seems to be adapt the more frequent whistle for consistency amongst the crew.