[mick]

Originally posted by tomegun

Mick, there are many things I could say similar to what you said but it would just turn into something nasty. For what? If someone can deny this "Internet Love", and the vast majority of posters do not do it, then I will say I was wrong. That will not happen unless someone deletes a lot of posts. See, I have asked a member of the forum if they knew someone they constantly gave kudos to and the answer was no. How can you tell if someone is a good official by what they type on this board? A lot of people know a lot of "rulebook" officials and this forum is a place some of them could hang out at. For me, many people on this board have sparked an interest in me to want to work with them or see them work. Some of this is for good reasons and some of this is for not so good reasons. However, I can not determine if someone is a good poster if they have 10,000 posts and stay involved in every thread. This gives very little, if any, indication of a person's ability to carry out what they talk about. I'm not saying this happens all the time and everyone does it, I just see it from time to time and I don't get it.

tomegun,
It doesn't matter.
mick