"It's not my call" (politely)

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by mplagrow
One time a coach harped on me for a travel in my partner's area. What I was thinking was, 'I had no way to see that and wasn't watching for it anyway.' As I was passing him, what I said was, 'It was in his area.' And he responded with, 'Well if you SEE it, BLOW it!'

What I've said that doesn't give ammo is, "He had a lot better look than I did." "I'm sure she had a good reason not to whistle that play" "She's a great ref, I expect you could ask her." None of these were really appropriate in whistleone's situation, but they can be useful at times.