Should I have done differently?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Camron Rust
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It's my opinion that my partner hung himself out to dry by not knowing a basic rule that even the mom waiting outside in the car knows.

[/B][/QUOTE]Yes, your partner certainly did do it to himself. And now,if I'm his partner, I'm gonna try and help him, train him, talk to him, holler at him at halftime if I have to, encourage him, berate him- maybe, even when I'm wearing a different hat, have to be the one to tell him that officiating ain't the right gig for him- but I'm gonna keep it between us officials while I'm trying to make sure that it doesn't happen again. I'm not ever gonna make him look like an incompetent idiot in front of that coach, and all the fans in the gym also. And how about a case where your partner may have had another reason for making that call? Maybe it's a very slight possibility that there's a reasonable explanation, but it's one that you'll never know about now because you didn't even bother to ask him before telling everyone in the world that he screwed up.

If the call is that bad, I might go talk to him about maybe changing it. However, personally I am also never going to tell a coach anything before I do talk to my partner.