Helping a partner with his call

[prab]

As PU, I would not give the coach my view/opinion/thoughts on a play which was obviously the BU's call. I would provide what information I had to BU IF AND ONLY IF I had "beyond a reasonable doubt" information or if BU asked for my input.

I agree that AtlUmpSteve's explanation is as good as I have ever heard.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by prab

As PU, I would not give the coach my view/opinion/thoughts on a play which was obviously the BU's call. I would provide what information I had to BU...

If you are referring to the OP's description of events, I think there may be some pronoun confusion.

When the OP says,

Originally Posted by youngump

...He asks me if I saw the tag. ...

... I think the "He" in question is his partner. At least, that is how I read it.

[youngump]

Originally Posted by Dakota

If you are referring to the OP's description of events, I think there may be some pronoun confusion.

When the OP says, ... I think the "He" in question is his partner. At least, that is how I read it.

Yeah, he in this case is my partner.

[prab]

OK. Now it makes sense. Pronouns were never my strong suit. Thankfully there were no subjunctive clauses or adverb phrases or I would really have been confused.