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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by refnrev
I know of a young newly licensed official who strutted around like Barney Fife. He decided to throw out an extremely good 15 year veteran official who was keeping the visitor's book for his daughter's 8th grade team. All the father said was "call 10 seconds" after the home team's guard had dribbled in the back court for more than 15 seconds. When the father agreed to leave, the ref told him to sit down and stay at the table. (Go figure!)
After the game the AD apologized to the father/scorekeeper and told the ref that his service wouldn't be needed anymore that year.
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Well, the scorer should keep his mouth shut regardless of his experience officiating. The AD apologized to the wrong person.
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Amen, Rich. That's something that we tell our guys in the first meeting every year. You do
NOT publically criticize another official. Ever. You do so at your own risk. The "young newly licensed official" was in a learning experience, and instead of being helped, he got stabbed in the back and lost a valuable chance to gain more, much-needed experience in that league. Being cocky is just a phase that most new officials go through, usually early in their officiating career. It gets whipped out of them with experience.
If the father/official had help or criticism to offer, it should have been privately and after the game.