Plays: Elephant vs. Gnat

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I'll just ask you this.

On Monday you miss a double dribble in the 2nd quarter.

On Wednesday you miss a double dribble with 10 seconds left in the game and the offender goes on to hit the game winning basket on that play.

Which one of those plays will is going to cause a phone call from a supervisor?

You should call the game the way you call the game. But supervisors expect us to be at our best when the game is on the line. We are going to miss a call here and there every game. But misses in the last minute are going to stick in the boss' mind.

While I agree with what you're saying, that doesn't mean it's okay to have missed the first double dribble (the one on Monday in the 2nd quarter).

If I make a call at the end of a game that I didn't make earlier, it's not because I was dictated to do so by the time or situation of the game. I simply kicked one of the calls.

On that note, if I call a foul earlier in the game but pass on a similar foul later in the game, a supervisor may want to know why. And an answer of "well, it was in the final minute, and I didn't want to make a call that could affect the game" would probably not fly.