When to give your partner

[DownTownTonyBrown]

Originally posted by rfp
Opinions please:

I'm trail at mid-court on the opposite side from the ball. My partner is lead at the baseline, same side as the ball. Defense knocks ball out of bounds and, clear to me, it knocks off the offensive players leg before going out of bounds. Since it lead's sideline, he makes the call. His call is emphatic and keeps the ball with the offensive team. He doesn't look to me for any help. Defensive team coach looks to me to overrule; I tell him it's my partner's call.

At what point does a partner volunteer help? If I run over and quietly offer my view of what happened to him, I run the risk of showing him up. If I don't offer what I saw, good chance the wrong call gets made.

AND THE COACH NOW THINKS WHAT OF YOUR ABILITIES???

This situation happens often during transition. Yeah it's your partner's line but he is just settling it and perhaps wasn't even looking at the play. It is your responsibility to offer help... "Did you see the ball hit #21's leg before going out of bounds?"

It's is also your partner's responsibility to look to you for help if he didn't see the whole play.

I'm thinking that if both you and the coach saw the play, then several others did too, and you likely need to get the call right by offering your help.

This is just another reason for focusing on your primary AND NOT LOOKING AT COACHES! - then it really was your partner's call.