If you are the L, and there is a play across the key, do you always have the best look at the out-of-bounds call on the baseline?
Had a play where there was a couple of quick successive turnovers, as the new lead, I was just getting back to the baseline when a wild pass from the far side squirted out of bounds near the far corner. It was pretty obvious to me that it was going to be Blue ball, but the C was standing literally 20 feet away from the spot where the ball went out and the play was right in front of him. He hit the whistle and gave the ball to blue. After the game, he asked me if it was OK that he called that and made the pointing signal, because he wasn't sure I saw it due to the weirdness of the sequence. I told him I though it was great and it looked the best for the crew that he made the signal. The only time I'd be unhappy about someone calling my line is if they got it wrong. And guess what? I can fix that, and I'd only have to do it once!
I then noticed down the stretch in the NCAA games that this has become pretty common. If you don't have a good look at an out-of-bounds call across the key on the baseline as the L, give a look at the C and let him take it. It makes the crew look like they have great chemistry and teamwork, and it also helps you refrain from guessing.
Something to pre-game about with the know-it-alls and "stay out of my area and off my lines" kind of douchebags, who seem to be making a comeback in 2010. Teamwork trumps all. Remember that.
