Calling Like Your Partner

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Dan_ref
I'm a little surprised at the amount of disagreement over this post. To me this is key to having a good game - all the officials need to be in sync, and if we're not we need to adjust, somehow. Why is this not a given?

Dan -- I've just read straight through this whole post, and I don't see that anyone disagrees with the statement, "To have a good game, all the officials need to be in sync." It's just that we disagree how to get there and how hard to push when it isn't working.

I'm still learning to "call my own game", and am not very good at adjusting yet. But, when I am working with a less experienced partner (there are a few of these around!), I do point out the importance of working off the same page, and I keep discussing it throughout the game, if necessary. If they object, I back off some and adjust a little. If a partner tells me I'm calling too tight, I ask for some compromise -- I'll loosen up a little if you'll call the whatever a little more.

The hardest is when the partner is calling things based on emotion and is inconsistent himself. Then I just remember mick's sage words, repeated often during the season,

Get in,
Get done,
Get out!
Period.