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I hear that a lot in the games I do since 1) I’m a relatively experienced referee that the coaches know pretty well and 2) I work older games (high school, college, older club, adult). My stock response is “the center is a lot closer to the play and with a better angle than we have.” My second line is “Look, I’m the assistant referee. I’m here to assist as part of the team.”Thanks. As for "checking with the AR"...I didn't mean to imply that the center referee should run over to the AR and have a conversation, but just eye contact where maybe the AR can give a signal to assist. But I agree and I posted this for confirmation that the AR should not force himself into these calls by raising his flag. Thanks for the confirmation...but the other part of my question was...what do you say to coaches when they are in your ear to "help out the center". Do you just tell him that it's the center's call or the center didn't ask for my opinion or something like that?
To the original post, one of my instructions during my pregame is for ARs to get a feel for what I’m calling and do their best to “calibrate” to that. I try to do the same as an AR. I tend to call a tighter game than some of my colleagues, particularly early in each half. However, if the center isn’t calling something I’d normally call a foul, I’ll do my best to calibrate to his/her foul threshold.