Questioning Partner's Call

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

This is a far as I would have gone, with the addition of:

You: Nice call.

He didn't kick a rule, he made a judgment call and he was the primary and closer to the play than me, so that's all I'm saying to him on this particular play. Now, if he kicked the rule by confusing a throwin exception, for example, then I might spend a few more seconds discussing the play with him.

I would have a much more detailed conversation in the locker room about a play that a coach brought to my attention. And I did not get the opportunity during the time on the floor. So saying "Nice call" does not get to the point of us learning or teaching from the situation, especially when you are dealing with a younger official. Even if I had a tough call I would ask my partners if they saw something I missed or they had a different angle.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

... learning or teaching from the situation ... saw something I missed ... had a different angle.

He makes it quite clear what he saw.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Partner: I saw a player in the control in the FC by the player having possession of the ball.

I think that it's got all the requirements of a backcourt violation. Two important things can get screwed up with this situation. Knowing the exception for the throwin, and knowing when player control takes place in the front court. He got them both right, using the proper "rule" language. Why discuss it further? Play on.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

He makes it quite clear what he saw.



I think that it's got all the requirements of a backcourt violation. Two important things can get screwed up with this situation. Knowing the exception for the throwin, and knowing when player control takes place in the front court. He got them both right, using the proper "rule" language. Why discuss it further? Play on.

I am really not talking about just discussions of this specific play. If you were paying attention I said that if there was a real question that would be a conversation in the locker room either at halftime or after the game (maybe at the bar), but not on the floor. Partners I work with typically embrace speaking about plays and situations we dealt with in the game. And often asking about situations we did not see or did not have direct knowledge of as it was not in our primary or something a coach commented to us about. Almost never a big deal and almost never anyone gets upset by these discussions. Again, this is how we get better or know what actually happen.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

If you were paying attention I said that if there was a real question that would be a conversation in the locker room either at halftime or after the game ...

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

... bring it up at halftime, or after the game ...