Calling out a fellow official? Advice needed.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by 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.

Okay, we've heard opininions. Let's look at the fact.

Originally Posted by lads25

4) My partner and I called 36 fouls in the game. I called 31 of them, including 20 of the 21 in the second half.

If a guy calls 20 of 21 fouls in a half, it is certainly possible he called too many. But, from here, it sounds more likely that the other guy was making a point of holding his original position.