Partner woes

[zebraman]

I got a call from the assignor last school year asking if I could accept a "last-minute afternoon game" to work with a new guy. It was a girls frosh game at 3:45 at the same school as my varsity game so I figured no problem.

My partner showed up as I was ready to toss and he was wearing beat-up white (actually more like yellow-gray) tennis shoes and black sweats. He did have a real ref shirt (not Foot Locker) and a real whistle (but no lanyard). He dropped his whistle on the floor twice in the first half so I gave him a lanyard at halftime.

He actually called a good game for a newbie and I felt completely comfortable with him in the second half. Amazingly, he even knew that sliding after gaining control wasn't traveling and he gave the stop sign to the coach. He's going to be a good ref and he even dresses like one now. :-)

Z