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

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Originally Posted by 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.

Delegate the responsibilities of the toss to your partner. It will make him feel more important.