What do you do???

[reffingrook82]

I had a real bad officiating experience tonight. I worked with a guy who is quite a bit older than me and the game we worked was a total blowout. Team A won over Team B by 32 points, the game was never in doubt. My partner is Lead, I'm trail, A1 is on a breakaway for layup when B1 steps in and jumps into his body, an obvious foul. As trail, I am some distance from the action, but it was clearly a foul and my partner did not call it. I did.

As soon as my whistle blows, my partner turns to me and yells "you can't make that call from there", needless to say, Team B's coach goes off on me, echoing the same sentiments as my partner. Then my partner tells me (loudly) that B1 never touched A1. This is just plain wrong. However, wanting to act in a professional manner, I let it go and tell him we'll talk about it later, to which he replies (loud enough for everyone to hear) "No, we'll just have to live with it." I was really teed off, but I said nothing. I waited until halftime hoping he would apologize or at least give some explanation for his behavior. Nothing.

For the rest of the game I had a hard time concentrating on my job because I was mad. I didn't miss any calls, but I was so peeved at this guy that I just wanted to get out of there.

I was taught to back your partners up on their calls even if you disagree with them. And never, ever show them up in front of the teams, crowds, and coaches. I want to write this guy off as a total jerk.

Any thoughts?