Questioning Partner's Call

[Coach Bill]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It does not have anything to do with professionalism. Not every call is up for debate. And that is the point of most people here. That is why we have primary coverage areas. In this case we have an official almost completely out of position to know what is called or if a violation took place in most cases. It is really not about ego, but knowing your job. And if you are seeing a backcourt violation when you are no where near the division line, that tells me you are not watching your responsibities. There are so many times things happen as an official somewhere else on the court I have absolutely no idea what my partner called. And unless you have definite information, then honestly there is no reason to confer.

Peace

I agree with almost everything you said. I concur - not everything is up for debate, and if you don't have definite info then no reason to confer. I don't know if this situation calls for help or not. I wasn't there. The MSU game video shows the officials conferred on a backcourt violation and got the call right. Was that done by a person looking outside his area? I don't know but it was handled professionally. Sounds like Afrosheen didn't have "definite" info and thus apologized later. So, probably not a sitch to confer. But, I gotta disagree that you think it has nothing to do with professionalism. E.g., if you see a ball tipped prior to going out of bounds, that your partner didn't, and he's about to give the ball to the wrong team, i think you have a professional responsibility to confer. His choice to change it...