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Wed Oct 23, 2013, 02:44pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BigT

New officials are going to miss calls for 1-30 years. Their self esteem is going to be on shaky ground for a long time.

[... snip ...]

You clearly embarrassed a rookie and made him feel bad.

Having started my second season, I try to tell partners in the pregame that if they see something obvious I miss, call it if necessary and then let's discuss it at halftime or post-game (so I can turn it into a learning experience).

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