1st year ref dilemma! Pick up flag?

[Rich]

Originally posted by SoGARef
My approach on a flag that might need to be waved is this.
I will ask the covering official what he saw and if he saw the whole thing. Most of the time the official will tell me that he is right on or will say you know we need to wave that off. I am of the opinion that the referee is no more important than any other official on the field. I don't believe that I have the right to tell another official to pick up his flag if that official is certain of his call. I may take the heat, but I am not going to usurp another official's confidence by overruling him unless I can subtilty point him towards the right call.

If you can't pick up a flag on your crew without worrying about the official's confidence, well, your crew has other issues.

If an official reports a foul where he is clearly mistaken in his rules knowledge, you're going to let that flag stand if you can't convince him he's wrong?

One doesn't need to be on a power trip or "more important" to be the person in charge.