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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
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Why is it when someone says "Get the calls right as a team" there are those that jump up & down screaming "Call your primary"?
Get the calls right means nothing more - or less - than get the calls right. It does not mean to stare at the 5 sq ft of shiney wooden floor in front of you waiting for something to happen.
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Maybe because some of us believe (by experience and studies) that 70% to 90% of calls out of primary are incorrect. Excluding non BB action and the obvious to the 30th row a "got to get" foul, if we stay in out primary we will officiate a better game. Thats why we say "trust your partner". SSSooo, the question is, do we want to have 70-90% bad calls to get that 10-30% calls correct? [/B]
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Nope, that aint the question Bart. First of all the concept of primary includes the concept of secondary area. Many of us (including you obviously) understand this and we know exactly why it's normally better to not reach. Not a quesion. The question is for the "newer" guys, the guys that are likely to think staying in their primary means NEVER calling ANYTHING - not even the most obvious - outside of their primary. And they'll pat themselves on the back thinking they did good because they stayed in their primary when an obvious call has been missed. And they'll wonder why they seem to be doing the same level games year after year after year....
Bottom line is to get it right as a team. I have never said "Stay out of my primary" during a pregame. If someone said that to me I know we're in for trouble.
And BTW, I like to think that for many of us 90% of OUR out of primary calls ARE correct, because we are selective and know when to make those calls.
Tue Feb 17, 2004, 02:50pm
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