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Originally Posted by Raymond
And quit sharing your score on your test like it's a status symbol. It doesn't make anybody a rules expert. Knowing the rules on the fly in the heat of a game and doing the right thing make you a rules expert to be looked up to.
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I do not share my score with anybody unless they ask for some reason.
I've known guys that are great officials, calls, game management, etc. who are not rules experts. If I were a coach, I would want them to work my games. I would look forward to them being my partner.
And I've known guys who are rule experts who don't know if the ball is stuffed or inflated. I hated being their partner.
Some can do both. I sat next to one last night. I've worked dozens of games with him over thirty-five years and believed him to be an excellent official. Listening to him explain his rule interpretations last night I realized that he is also a rules "master", even for the weirdest plays one never sees, or only sees a few times in a career.