Officiate or keep score

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by Gochron
This my second year officiating, 1st year JV & Int. I have work with partner for a few games now, who seems to be keeping tabs on how many fouls each player has and appears to create make up calls (if one teams gets a charge he will LOOK for a charge on the other team). I may be new, but this is not what they call game management, is it? He even went so far as to call a foul on a player who was close to the play (but did not foul) because the person who fouled already had 2 fouls. (it was still early in 1st half) He has been officiating for 8 years and I really don't know what to tell him. Am I looking at this wrong?

Aloha

Some officials spend too much time worried about staying out of trouble than officiating the game. I personally do not worry about this myself. Officiate the game and let the chips fall where they may.

I agree you should be aware of things that affect the game, but understand what you call and why you will be much better off.

Peace