Over-rule your partner?

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by deecee

When I mention any of this I can tell that most of them dont give a rats azz to listen to me because most of the time I am at least 10-15 years their junior. It takes a lot for me to get frustrated and one thing that gets me is erors that happen after we plan on what to do in those exact situation and then after the first screw up and I go over with them "Hey partner please hold your whistle for a second on those calls through the lane -- and unless you have a felony trust me to make that call" what do I get -- more calls through the lane -- and most of the time they are on plays that has the ball handler going away from the basket or towards the endline not the paint.

I would keep talking to them. If it isn't a foul I would certainly tell them and when they act like they don't care I would add the fact that they couldn't see the play and it wasn't a foul. If it is a foul I would come with a late whistle and not even look at them on the way to the table. I would tell them later that I didn't look at them because it wasn't their call and they shouldn't have had a whistle anyway. This doesn't happen a lot because most officials want to do the right thing the right way, but when it does I would deal with it.