A philosophical question:

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Originally Posted by Dakota

Do I have a partner that I could pretend to conference with before I reverse myself, or do I have to do it all alone in front of God and everyone?

I do the same... pretend conference with my partner... sort of. I will say to partner, you know I think I blew that. I had "A" but now I'm thinking "B". What do you think? The reason I asked for their opinion is I really want it and if I'm going to conference with them, I want to at least get their opinion. I would have a hard time overturning my own ruling if they agreed with that original ruling.

I had a partner once come to me for a conference and say, "Well I blew that. I'm going to change it." He left quickly and never heard my opinion. He changed his call and for the rest of the game the coach on the short end of the call was all over me because he thought I screwed him.

(I agreed with my partner that he blew it and he should change it, but I took the heat and never got to give my thoughts.)