Make Up Calls ...

[JRutledge]

Watching enough video of myself calling the game, I am never completely confident if I have missed or made a bad call at the time of the game. I might have not made a call I love because of other factors. But rarely do I walk away knowing what mistake I made. I tend to make note of those plays and then go look at them when I get the chance. Then when I see it on video, I can make a better assessment of the quality of the call. So if I get crap for something, I keep focused and do what I feel I should do. Saying all of that, I tend to not feel I need to make up anything. I might make note of something that took place and make sure I do not miss it again but not where one team is screwed and then I go help the other team out on the floor. I might miss an illegal screen and say to myself, "Gotta get the next one...." and then I call the game accordingly. But never deliberately call something to make a coach or player happy because of a previous missed call. I think it is a bad practice to try to do, even if you do not say you are doing that.

Peace