Halfway Through A 2-Person Varsity Season, and...

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Paintguru

Unfortunately, if we combine my inability to get all the off-the-ball stuff with a partner that is not interested in getting those calls, it can lead to issues.

Bingo. That was my night in a nutshell last evening. I struggled to adjust to my partner. I make no excuses for that; should have done a better job of it. He didn’t help things, however, when he would insert a marginal illegal screen away from the play or a phantom travel right in front of the bench. That didn’t help me “come back to my partner” in search of consistency.

Not surprisingly...the game had issues.



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[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Bingo. That was my night in a nutshell last evening. I struggled to adjust to my partner. I make no excuses for that; should have done a better job of it. He didn’t help things, however, when he would insert a marginal illegal screen away from the play or a phantom travel right in front of the bench. That didn’t help me “come back to my partner” in search of consistency.

Not surprisingly...the game had issues.

You just have to deal with that. Unless you are the assignor or evaluator, you have no control over who your partner is or what he calls, so don’t fret about it and just call your game. I quit trying to match my partner several years ago and believe that I am a better official for it.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I quit trying to match my partner several years ago and believe that I am a better official for it.

I still try to be consistent with my partner, but some partners are so unilaterally inconsistent, it's impossible for their partners to mirror them.