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Originally posted by Brad
wildcatman,
This may be your first visit here, but you are borderline on an ejection... We do not go for personal attacks on this forum, so I would stay away from the derogatory comments towards others on the board.
The article by Greg Hansen was one of the worst excuses for journalism that I have seen in a long time. His bitterness was only exceeded by his ignorance.
He called the crew of Tommy Nuñez, Bill Vinovich and Tom Wood a "lower-level crew"... They are ALL NCAA Tournament officials! In addition to that, Bill Vinovich is an NFL official and Tommy Nuñez (Jr.) is the son of former NBA Tommy Nuñez who retired last year after a career of 30 years.
Tommy Nuñez, Bill Vinovich and Tom Wood have forgotten more about officiating than Greg Hansen will even know. Furthermore, the fact that he identifies them as a "lower-level crew" shows that he can't even do HIS job as a journalist.
At the end of his ramblings he even takes a jab at Tommy Nuñez for flying first class. Give me a break!
Understand that this board is by and for officials. We have coaches and fans that participate because they can do so in a reasonable manner. Fans that think that this forum can be used as an extension of their 3rd row seat in the gym to berate officials are going to be sadly disappointed!
- Brad
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Brad-
My last post my have had some personal attacks, and I apologize. I understand that officials take a lot of heat, but I feel my criticism was nothing if NOT personal- and I was replied to with personal attacks. Is this the way it is in this forum? Personal attacks from "uninformed biased trolls" will not be tolerated, while personal attacks from the members of this forum are?
According to the logic of this thread, you cannot judge Greg Hansen's article, because you don't know enough about journalism. Until you submit yourself to the rigors of a bachelors or masters in journalism, and then numerous years writing obituary columns until you get a real writing assignment, you will not have enough knowledge on journalism to judge Hansen's article.
Like I said before, I believe in the sportsmanship of the players as wells as the fans- I don't yell or boo at officials at games, and I sit in the student section. I still get frustrated though, and I thought I would broach the topic here. Some of the replies were constructive and educational, and I really appreciate that. Some were juvenile, and I realize that coming into a place like this with my comments makes me a target for those who cannot or don't want to honestly examine PAC 10 officiating, and poor officiating in general. I know most, if not all, officials work for peanuts because they love the game, and their most important goal is to call the game cleanly and correctly. Things go wrong, I understand, but I just think officiating in the PAC 10 could be better. That's my uninformed, biased, fanatic-troll opinion.