Crew Consistency

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I have also had a coach tell me directly, "If you have to tell 54 to get out of the lane, why is it not a violation?"

Originally Posted by RichMSN

They can ask this kind of crap all they want. I couldn't possibly care. Most I'll say is, "You'll get the same down at this end."

So you've made that statement to coach & when the opportunity comes up, your partner(s) who doesn't have the same like-mindedness towards officiating, calls the violation... now what?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Ch1town

So you've made that statement to coach & when the opportunity comes up, your partner(s) who doesn't have the same like-mindedness towards officiating, calls the violation... now what?

At half time, after I've cleaned the Firestone marks off my uniform, I'll ***** slap my partner repeatedly until we are on the same page. It's really not that hard.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Ch1town

So you've made that statement to coach & when the opportunity comes up, your partner(s) who doesn't have the same like-mindedness towards officiating, calls the violation... now what?

The coach will yell at him?

I can only control what I can control. Most of my regular partners call the same way I do, though.

That said, I can't remember telling someone to get out of the lane in the past 4-5 years. I do get on people about contact and post play early and I keep that talk pretty general, although I'm loud enough for them to hear me:

"Easy!"

"Straight up!"

"Knock it off!"

If they don't get the hint after one of these phrases, I'll just call a foul and send a message that way.