Dealing w/ Know-It-All Partner

[SteveF]

Been there, done that. I have been in a situation where an official who I was working with had a little more experience than me (had worked some junior college games). Needless to say this gentleman thought he had arrived. I started reffing right out of highschool so my experience level and age really do not match, atleast in my area of the country. He was constantly coming in and overturning my calls. I feel that my calls were correct and have no idea where or how he could have made some of the calls he was that were in my area. Since then I prefer not to work any games with him. I have been offered some college games and consider that a priviledge I am not quite ready for and turned them down. I have improved drastically over the years and see much more room for improvement. Ever since working with that gentleman I have made it my goal to never treat anyone the same way. It is hard to try and find tactful, possitive ways to point out mistakes to less experienced officials. Knowing that we all have something we could do better.