Was my partner too quick on the trigger?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by truerookie

I don't know Mark, this could have been a situation where both coaches wanted to see how far they can go with this fairly new official.

I see your point but these are "independent" teams and really have no idea beforehand how much experience each official has, unless they've seen him or her before. They all pretty much know me and some others as having been around a long time but that's really the exception, not the rule. Plus - there really wasn't any indication due to his performance up to that point in the game.

Oh yeah, he's about 40, so it wasn't as if he was a kid, either.