Calling out a fellow official? Advice needed.

[just another ref]

get in, get done, get out




Thanks, mick

[JRutledge]

You said this was a JV game right? So it suggests your partner is there for a reason as well as you are. Just work the game and leave. You are not going to get everyone to do the things the same way you do them or have the same understanding you might.

I would even be careful what you say to others about this because they will have a story too. They might say you took everything in the game and that you did not allow them to work. And I get that sometimes you might have to call a lot of stuff in a 2 man system, but I would make sure that anything that is not in my immediate area or dual area, let them live and die with stuff. You cannot save everyone or every play.

Peace

[Camron Rust]

Many new officials often go through several phases in the beginning. One of those is just being stunned an unsure what to do....so they do nothing. He may or may not develop beyond that phase. Don't write him off yet. Maybe, if you work with him again, you should approach him differently....more trying to pull him up.

EDIT: I apparently didn't read the whole post...that he was a 40 yr. guy. Forget what I suggested.

[asdf]

If asked, tell the truth about the guy.

Otherwise, let the schools do the talking at this point in your officiating career.

[That Guy]

So I'm working a JV game last night, and my partner was calling all sorts of fouls on incidental contact. He even tried to subtly talk me into going off his cliff. It didn't help matters that since he was calling every touch under the sun, the coaches and fans were expecting me to as well.

How do I get a fourth year guy like this to better understand incidental contact? I've worked with him before, and he did the same thing. Calling all over the court, calling fouls on plays right in front of me that were clearly incidental, if contact was even made at all.