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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:35pm
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This is a contradiction. If someone really thinks he knows the rule (but doesn't), he's not going to think he's wrong. So the second part of your comment will never happen. That's why there was a mess. You have to know the rules. You just have to. (not you, just a general comment)
I thought about that after I hit submit. What I should have typed was he should have shut his yap rather than just guess.

And Welpe - His partner gave the coach a missile so there is nothing you, or I could say, that is worse than what the partner did.
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:40pm
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And Welpe - His partner gave the coach a missile so there is nothing you, or I could say, that is worse than what the partner did.
Exactly so don't go giving him more ammunition by telling a coach your partner was wrong.
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:41pm
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Exactly so don't go giving him more ammunition by telling a coach your partner was wrong.
The coach already knows he was wrong...What do you do? Play stupid as well?
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:46pm
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The coach already knows he was wrong...What do you do? Play stupid as well?
Maybe but I'm not going to agree with him! That's a good way to make a name for yourself amongst your fellow officials especially if you know enough about the call but don't go in and provide help to your partner to get it right.
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:56pm
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Maybe but I'm not going to agree with him! That's a good way to make a name for yourself amongst your fellow officials especially if you know enough about the call but don't go in and provide help to your partner to get it right.
You are incorrect sir. And what name would I be making. Let's look at the facts.

1. Partner makes an incorrect traveling call, that I had assumed was NOT for the reason he made it. Basically I assumed he actually HAD a traveling.

2. Coach asks him and partner tells coach incorrect rule. Coach calls him and partner tells coach he is wrong.

3. Coach asks me rules question. Coach is right on the rule. I agree with the coach. Therefore partner is incorrect (I still DIDN'T know the exact reason for the traveling).

4. If coach tells me what partner says (and it happens to be incorrect and opposite of what I just agreed with) I would tell coach I will talk with partner but it's obvious he is incorrect.

So if this gives me a "bad" name with other officials. Then I would say they can go F themselves. You cannot be wrong in life and NOT own up to it AND blame someone else for your mistake.

Your partner did all the damage he/she could. Playing dumb shows no integrity on your part. The right thing to do is say, "Yup coach you are right and I will talk with my partner." First chance I get I would discuss this. Hopefully he's receptive and he acknowledges his mistake and owns up and apologizes to the coach at some point for the screw up. To me that's the right thing to do.
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 02:04pm
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You are incorrect sir.
Well that's your opinion and I think yours is incorrect.

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4. If coach tells me what partner says (and it happens to be incorrect and opposite of what I just agreed with) I would tell coach I will talk with partner but it's obvious he is incorrect.
Here's where you start running into trouble when you start telling the coach your partner is wrong. What do you gain by that? That's throwing your partner under the bus and is completely unecessary.

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So if this gives me a "bad" name with other officials. Then I would say they can go F themselves.
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 02:57pm
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Well that's your opinion and I think yours is incorrect.



Here's where you start running into trouble when you start telling the coach your partner is wrong. What do you gain by that? That's throwing your partner under the bus and is completely unecessary.



Great attitude.
Welpe, what, in your opinion, is required to not "throw your partner under the bus?" It seems to me that anything short of telling the coach that grabbing your own rebound is travelling is, by your definition, throwing your partner under the bus.

Telling the coach what a rule is after it's been misapplied doesn't throw your partner under the bus; he put himself there all on his own.

A similar situation happened in my game last night. I was lead and watching play in the post when the ball got knocked loose around the top of the key. I see it hit A2 in the leg in the front court and it's recovered by A3 in the backcourt. Given that it was loose, I doubted B has established team control, so I expected the backcourt call, but it didn't come.

I ended up in front of B's coach shortly after and he wanted to know why why the call wasn't made. I told him it wasn't my call and he'd have to ask my partner but I assumed my partner determined they had gained team control.

We discussed the play at halftime, and it turned out he had the rule wrong, thinking any touch by B during the loose ball negated the backcourt violation.
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 02:13pm
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The coach already knows he was wrong...What do you do? Play stupid as well?
No, you refuse to play. Tough spot, but there's no reason to acknowledge it (your partner's admission) since you really don't know if the coach is playing you or not. Even if you heard your partner say it, just tell the coach you aren't going discuss a call you didn't make.
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Old Tue Jan 10, 2012, 03:52pm
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The coach already knows he was wrong...What do you do? Play stupid as well?
"Coach, I didn't see the whole play. I'll ask my partner about it at halftime."
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