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Originally posted by gordon30307
Gordon:
If you were working with me and you didn't dump a coach that should have been dumped, assignors and AD's would be the least of your worries, because when I got done with you in the dressing room after the game would have at least two of not more new butt holes to sit on. That is the damn problem with too many officials today. Instead of during the job correctly they only worry about their own career instead of the good of the game and the profession. I am not the perfect official but I strive to be professional and ethical in everything I do. I do not know how long you have been officiating but your attitude just frys my fanny.
MTD, Sr.
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Maybe in your world I'd dump him. If you were in my world you might think differently. How dare you question my integrity you don't know me. You're getting personal and your remarks are out of line. Nuff said.
Go Michigan. How could Ohio State lose to Northwestern?
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Gordon:
I am not making this personal per se, and that I do not know you. But I do know you and you are damn right when you state I am questioning your integrity.
From Merriam-Websters Online Dictionary:
Main Entry: integrity
Pronunciation: in-'te-gr&-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French integrité, from Latin integritat-, integritas, from integr-, integer entire
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY
2 : an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS
synonym see HONESTY
You stated that you would not eject a coach even though he deserved to be ejected because the ejection would affect your career as a basketball official. I suggest that you log onto NASO.org and NFHS.org and read these two organizations codes of ethics for officials. An official's first responsibility is to the safety of the participants. An official's second responsibility is to see that the integrity of the particular game he is officiating is protected. An official's third responsibility is to protect the integrity of the sport he is officiating. When an official deliberately refuses to carry out these responsibilities then he does a great disservice to the game he is officiating, the sport he officiates, and his officiating profession.
Some people think that officiating is a avocation, but officiating is a profession masquerading as an avocation. When one accepts the responsibility of officiating, whether he is paid for his services or volunteers his services he is bound to perform his duties in accordance with the code of ethics for officiating. If an official finds that he cannot follow the code then is honor bound to refrain from officiating.
You are probably thinking: What a sanctimonious ***! Well I am not the perfect basketball official, but I work hard at being the best basketball official I can be. And I also strive to conduct myself in a professional and ethical manner, because to do otherwise would be a breech of my responsibility to the officiating profession.
More importantly, when you deliberately fail to apply the correct penalty with regard to a coachs unsportsmanlike action, it tells that coach that he owns you; that he can act in an unsportsmanlike manner with impunity. It means the officials who come after you to officiate his teams games, will find him even harder to control because you failed to do your job when you officiated his team.
MTD, Sr.