To Reach or Not To Reach, that is the question...

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

Or is that the eternal question? To reach or not to reach?

You phrase the question as "stay in your primary OR get the obvious?" The answer is "Stay in your primary AND get the obvious."

You need to get it when it needs to be got. You need to leave it alone when it's your partner's call. All officials have different definitions of when a play falls into which category.

(In this play, was it a block/charge or was it a BLOCK/CHARGE?

Was it "they're letting them play" or was it "someone is going to get killed?"

Was it "oh my gosh" or OMFG?

Did the primary official have a look, or was he blocked / straightlined?)