Admit Mistakes

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

If it is purely a judgment call, I would not say "I missed the call." I might say "I did not have a great angle" or "My partner had a better look"

How do you know your partner had a better look?

[bainsey]

"If it happened the way you say it, Coach, then I guessed I missed it."

Be an adult, and own it. You'll be more respected in the long run.

[CountTheBasket]

Originally Posted by bainsey

"If it happened the way you say it, Coach, then I guessed I missed it."

Be an adult, and own it. You'll be more respected in the long run.

I agree with this phrasing alot. I find it happens most often when I call/don't call a foul on a rebound and they want to clarify the "over the back." I like to say if for example I call the push and they're arguing, "Coach, I had your player creating contact and pushing from behind, but if he/she did go straight up and just reach over and get the ball then I shouldn't have had anything, that's just not the way I saw it."

I think it shows the coach that I do in fact know what the rule is, and we just have a difference on judgement.

Also, I will base admitting missing some minor things on the immediate repercussions. One example which comes to mind is I missed a blatant walk on white, cannot give you a reason why I didn't blow the whistle but a few seconds later they lost the ball out of bounds to blue anyway. Running down the floor I gave the blue coach a look that said what he already knew, missed that one!

[Altor]

I concur on admitting errors on rules interpretations. If for no other reason than I don't want to be "the official last week" who told the coach an incorrect rule and now my colleague has to clean up after me.

My judgement, however, is my judgement. I never error in judgement because, by definition, that is the way I saw it. I think I've told a coach once in 15 years, "If that's what happened and I missed it, then I'm sorry. But, that is not what I saw." Interestingly, I never did receive the video that I requested of that incident.

[zm1283]

I rarely tell a coach that I outright missed a judgment call, but I will tell them what I saw and let them do with that what they want. Sometimes (Once a game maybe) I will just tell them I didn't see what they're asking about or didn't have a good look. The vast majority of coaches around here accept that and move on.

[Terrapins Fan]

I had a call in the lane from the lead and I must have missed it, but from my angle, it looked like it was a foul, but the players body language it was not, I said to the coach, "I must have missed that one, sorry" He said "well, it's bound to get worse", I said "I hope not", he said, " not the game, my life".

That was it.

But I rarely talk to a coach unless they as a question, then I will explain.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

How do you know your partner had a better look?

In 3 person, that is not very hard to know if you understand your primary coverage or where players are positioned. If I do not see the play, someone else had a better angle.

Peace