Pre Game

[zebraman]

Originally Posted by RonRef

I tend to disagree with you, you made the right call because the game comes first. If what you wrote is correct this official doesn't have any credibility if you make that call or not. If you don't make that call the coaches still get on him and now they get on the entire crew for not seeing the obvious foul. The problem was not with you making the call but with a lead not making the call. The lead and trail should just thank you for picking up the call. We are a team out there.

And team members trust each other. I cut my partner's legs out from under him by taking his call. Since it was right in front of him, maybe he had a better angle than I did and maybe it was a call that could have been passed on.

That partner is pretty solid. Not the best official every, but certainly competent. He could have handled a conversation with a coach about why he did not make the call. I took that chance away from him.

The problem was me straying out of my coverage area. I was wrong. The game would have been better of without me putting air in my whistle in that situation.

Z