Tenn/UF--giving help outside your area but getting it right

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref

My responses are the exact reverse of Jug's because of what zebraman wrote. As the C, I am NOT watching the play that is TWO feet in front of my partner. If he can't handle that play, then that's his problem and he can answer to the powers that be for it.

So I would:
NEVER help in this situation, but for circumstances in which I would help a partner the time left in the game does matter to me. If a partner blows a call in the 1st half the team still has plenty of game time to recover. I'm very likely to just let him live with it. However, if there is a blown call in the last minute, the team that suffers has very little opportunity to make up for it, so I would be much more likely to offer my suggestion.

I do agree with him that the original calling official should be the one to reverse his own call. The Japanese concept of saving face comes into play here. I never want to embarrass a partner on the court.

Wait wait wait.....if it happens in the first half the team has time to recover???? Are you kidding?! What kind of mindset is that!?! If you have information that you take with you to the locker room and hang your partner out to dry, you're not who I want to work with, that's for sure. That sounds like it's a little lacking in integrity. It's not up to us to decide when it's important to get the play right.
Secondly, it's not about saving face or "should" let calling official change it---it's the rule.
Art. 3. No official shall have authority to set aside or question decisions
made by the other official(s) within the limits of their respective outlined
duties.
Art. 4. One official may assist another by providing additional information
related to a made decision.
Art. 5. The referee’s decision shall not take precedence over that of the
umpire(s) in calling a foul or violation.
You can't overrule a partner's foul or violation. You provide information and it's still up to the calling official to change it or not.