Partner coverage

[tomegun]

Bart, I don't think bad of you at all and I don't think you would do this as a normal practice. Sometimes extreme circumstances require extreme measures.
During the last couple of days there has been a lot of talk about getting the calls right and very little talk about trusting your partners. I think it is a safe bet to say that what it boils down to is officials watching the ball all over the court. This defeats the purpose of having 2 or 3 sets of eyes on the court. When consistently blowing the whistle in a partner's primary, what is the mindset? Is it "my partner didn't see that foul?" With the athletes getting faster, stronger and dirtier I find it increasingly difficult to do 2-person games and catch all of the off ball action I would like to catch. I cannot watch my partner's area too! I don't think that makes me less of an official at all. I can only take care of my primary. In the past I've done middle school girls by myself and I really felt like I should have apologized because I know I couldn't catch everything. This was a game where I could look over them and the action was slow. How could I look all over the court with bigger kids or men?
It is extreme to call someone an A$$hole on this board but I've been told before that sometimes officials have to be A$$holes.