Questioning Partner's Call

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

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.
Peace

Again, I don't understand how this is a question of being out of position. If I have enough evidence to determine that my partner possibly kicked a rule, I'm going to go up to my partner to make sure that he's got the rule right. If it's a judgment then yes, positioning matters, but if it's a rule then I'm going to ask him to let me know his understanding of the rule and still give him the right to either keep or change the call. We are a crew, but if I'm working a game and it's going to be on tape, I'm going to be as accountable as my partner is when it comes to the rules, and the minimum obligation that is to be met in every game is for the crew of officials to make the game is officiated by the correct rules. If my partner makes a bad judgment call, fine, we'll talk it over in the locker room; but if he possibly kicked a rule, there is no question that I'm going to have him confirm to me his understanding of the rule and give him the opportunity to change the call before moving onto the next play.

Again, let me repeat for the nth time before I get bonked again, that I approached my partner in an overbearing fashion which created the fallout thereafter. I'm merely here to ask how to respectfully confer with your partner over such matters and thankfully I have at least the video of a similar situation during a D1 game to look over and learn.

edit: I'm noting that I'm on the same page as Coach Bill who posted prior to this one.