"That is my partner's call."

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

My partner who was the trail made the call immediately. We did not really get together honestly. I asked him if he had BI before I went to the table. The communication took a couple of seconds. It was obvious to everyone he made a call or that a call was made. I just echoed the call at the table before reporting.

Again I am not saying that what I said to the coach could not be perceived by some as wrong, just trying to figure out why some statements are OK but we are saying the same basic thing. It was obviously his call to everyone watching and we worked together to get it right. I even gave the coach the opportunity to ask him when he got the chance. I will think of saying something different in the future, but do not see why this is over the top an other statements are not seen the same way. Just wondering mostly.

Peace

It seems like every year there is some new approach to dealing with coaches in a way that doesn't divide the crew.

The overall statement that "it was my partners call" has taken on the meaning that "coach doesn't like the call, but hey it was my partners messed up call, I had something different or I thought it was a no-call"

There is a movement for referees to be mindless autotans and therefore we should be saying less.