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Old Fri Feb 20, 2004, 03:29pm
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Re: UA Alum Wildcatman

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Originally posted by icallfouls
I don't believe that we are going to see eye to eye on this discussion, nor do I believe that you are concerned about officiating in general, so let's call it what it is. You have a vested interest in who wins and loses. I have no problem with that.
Thanks for your mature reply. I do have a vested interest in who wins and loses, and I am definitely biased towards the Wildcats, but I have seen some officiating in this conference that is beyond explanation. I don't want every call to go the Cats way- I want fair, timely, correct calls. I know this is a lot to ask for, but I think there is room for improvement in the PAC 10.

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Originally posted by icallfouls
The specific calls you are referring to have all gone against your beloved 'cats, and one happened nearly 10 years ago! Not only that, you reference an article from the campus daily paper, whose purpose is to validate the fans of UA. I would bet a PAC 10 game fee, better yet, dinner out for you and your significant other, that the UCLA daily paper had nothing to say about the call in question.
The call from '95 was posted to establish some history of poor officiating in the PAC 10. If I could post an article from a neutral media source I would, but everyone brings their own subjectivity to the table. What confuses me is this- I know refs have tough jobs, and I know they have to be smart and prove themselves to ref at the D1 level. Some of these calls must be talked about by other officials, some of these bad/missed/late calls must be at least hushed about between officials. When a player misses a defensive assignment or a layup, a teammate will tell him, "don't forget to switch next time," or, "go for the dunk instead." Do officials talk after the game, and say, "you know, that travelling call on Mustafa Shakur in the Stanford game was wrong, and it cost Arizona two points. Then, we called goal tending on Hassan Adams that was clearly wrong, and that put 2 on the board for Stanford. That was a close game already, and we may have not done a very good job officiating that game."

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Originally posted by icallfouls
With all that said, if your intent is to see things done better, I have plenty of gear I will donate to your ref'ing career. BTW, you probably won't be allowed to work any UA games since you are an alum.
If I decide to be a ref, I'll hold you to that. Hopefully I can find some other constructive, mature avenue in which to explore change, if not cause it.
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