[ChuckElias]

Jarrod,

Here's my very honest and sincere opinion about your threads on this forum.

You need to decide -- right now -- if you are an official or an announcer. I don't mean that you have to give either one up. You can be an official, and also be a broadcaster occasionally, lending your officiating knowledge to the general public. Or you can be broadcaster, and ref on the weekends when you have nothing better to do.

If you choose the latter, that's fine and an admirable career choice, but then this isn't the place for you. Your tirades against officials, and your misplaced confidence in the fans to understand how a game should be officiated will get you nowhere as an official. And those attitudes will not be supported or tolerated very well among the regular posters on this forum.

If you choose the former -- that is, if you really want to be a good official -- then you need to shut up about what other officials do wrong and you need to stop soliciting the opinions of fans. If you truly want to improve as an official, criticizing other officials is one of the least effective ways to do so.

Instead, come here and ask questions about particular situations and plays and learn how they ought to be called. Ask questions, instead of making accusations. Don't be quite so ready to pat yourself on the back for how you call a game, b/c I guarantee that there's a TON of improvement that you can make. How can I say that? B/c I've been officiating 11 years -- the last 6 as an NCAA official -- and there a ton of improvement that I could make.

I honestly don't care which option you choose, but I don't see how you can continue along the path that you've started here.