Best buds???

[iref4him]

Last night, I was working a two-man game in a holiday tournament. The better officials are assigned these tournaments. My partner who was the 'R' did not do a very good pre-game. In fact it was: 1) cover your line and I will cover mine; 2) stay on your side of the court and I will do the same; 3) I won't call in front of you and don't call in front of me. The first half was uneventful, except he did call in front of me twice. Once I made the call at lead right in front of me on the baseline. Next was a bang bang play myself at lead, I had a foul and he said the guy traveled before the foul. Not to bad.

The second half, I could have put my whistle away except just to call OOB. It got really frustrating. BOth coaches were yelling at me because he was calling in front of me, etc., etc. He was calling over the whole court. His explanation to me after the game was he thought I was blocked out. I said maybe he watching the ball and not staying in his primary. He disagreed and was not to happy with my assessment. We have another game together in 10 days. Any suggestions on how to handle the up coming game with him again.

PS. He is one of the assignor's best friends.