Blarge administration

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by tref

Had a play the other night, I'm C & the L is rotating strong-side, unfortunately on an immediate drive to the bucket from my PCA
Double whistle, partner immediately punches as I have a fist up. Of course I had a block as I had the play SDF in my PCA. I just dropped my fist & we discussed it later.
Result: Perhaps an ICC but NO blarge.

Soooooo.....

Even though you're 100% sure that you had the call correct and you're also sure that it WAS your call also , you feel that the proper way to handle the situation is to just go ahead and let your partner make (what to you) was the WRONG call.

Sorry, I can't agree with that philosophy. You HAD a "blarge" and you handled it wrong, by rule(unless you were playing under NCAA Womens rules). Even then, you should have discussed the final call with your parner immediately before taking it to the bench.

The "blarge" procedure was written for a reason. Sure, if everything goes well you shouldn't have one. But officiating isn't a perfect world. It's usually not a bad idea just to follow the rules of the game that you're officiating, instead of making up your own.

JMO.