Handling a partner who is too good for the game at hand

[Back In The Saddle]

I got a phone call from one of my assigners today giving me a heads up about my partner for an upcoming sub-varsity game. Apparently my partner has quite clearly and repeatedly expressed absolute confidence that s/he should be working only varsity games and not be bothered with lower level games.

AFAIK I've never met this person, nor have I heard anything else about this person as a partner. But I trust my assigner's judgment and recognize that a heads up like this is quite extraordinary.

I'm assigned to be the R. I'm looking for some advice and ideas on how I can best handle both the partner and the situation to have the best chance of everything going well.