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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 12:25pm
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Worked a game last weekend with two very good officials from different parts of the State. None of us had ever worked together before, so we had a very thorough pregame conference (game was first round of State tournament and loser went home). Towards the end of the pregame one of my partners made a statement I had never heard before, but will now be a part of my pregame in any game I work. He said:

"Let's call the obvious, the dangerous, and the stupid. If we do that, we will have a great game."

I really like that summary of what we do.
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 12:30pm
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Worked a game last weekend with two very good officials from different parts of the State. None of us had ever worked together before, so we had a very thorough pregame conference (game was first round of State tournament and loser went home). Towards the end of the pregame one of my partners made a statement I had never heard before, but will now be a part of my pregame in any game I work. He said:

"Let's call the obvious, the dangerous, and the stupid. If we do that, we will have a great game."

I really like that summary of what we do.
I think this is why my 'T' count was so high this season. Inordinate amount of stupid and dangerous players this season.
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I like that as well. I may have to appropriate it.
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 01:52pm
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"Let's call the obvious, the dangerous, and the stupid. If we do that, we will have a great game."

I really like that summary of what we do.

We have been using that for a while in our association. Of course when applied to MS games the obvious gets dropped!
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 02:19pm
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Worked a game last weekend with two very good officials from different parts of the State.
Congrats on the playoff assignment. I'm just happy to see you're still working basketball!
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 02:23pm
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Congrats on the playoff assignment. I'm just happy to see you're still working basketball!
And it's not 1989.
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 02:32pm
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Congrats on the playoff assignment. I'm just happy to see you're still working basketball!
Thank you.

BNR - shutup.
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 02:36pm
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Thank you.

BNR - shutup.
Hey, no reason to get short with him.
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 02:42pm
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Hey, no reason to get short with him.
Don't you have something important to do?

Somewhere?

Anywhere?
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 03:14pm
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Hey, no reason to get short with him.
What if BNR backs up?
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:56pm
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Don't you have something important to do?

Somewhere?

Anywhere?
More important than this?

Nope.
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Old Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:57pm
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What if BNR backs up?
Only if BNR had initial legal posting position.

(Which I believe he did.)
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