Use it or toss it

[rockyroad]

The only time I "cringe" about this is when I hear a partner say that they called something right in front of me because it was a "crew call" or they were "helping me out". In almost every case, they called an on-ball foul in a one-on-one situation right in front of me (or a partner) when I had a great look at it and passed. Those words are often used to cover up the fact that they screwed up and made a call they never should have...

When a partner comes and gets a travel while I am locked on contact between the post players, or gets a secondary defender who whacked the shooter on a curl play - those calls are awesome. Those truly are "crew calls" and no one cringes at those.

But we have all worked with people who use the cute little terms they picked up at camp as an excuse for screwing things up on the court. So - we cringe at times.