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Originally posted by rockyroad
Agreed Rut...everyone has to deal with it sooner or later. Just seemed like everyone was telling him there was nothing he could do, just "take it like a man", and I wanted to make sure he knew there were things he could have done...probably the same things you've (and I) had to do as you (and I) moved up the ladder...
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It is better that he take it than say something and get into a he said, he said situation. If this veteran is really respected people will tend to take his word over the younger official and it might cause undue problems to that official.
I had a run in with a 30+ year veteran with an official. I was working an AAU game that this official was coaching and one of his sons was involved in the game. To make a long story very short, this official was thrown out of the game as a coach of his son's AAU team. My partner was the official that gave this guy both Ts. As the story got around the rumor mill, I was the official that threw out this guy from the game and he did everything he could to ruin me. Well after some investigation I was not the only official that the 30+ year veteran tried to talk down or tried to get them fired out of conferences. His confrontations were so legendary with other officials that everyone I know had a story where this official tried to ban other officials from officiating opportunities. All of these run ins were with officials that officiated his son's teams and he thought they were bad or did not call the game the way it should be called (in his opinion of course). This official happens to assign a few Thanksgiving and X-Mas tournaments which I have never worked, but that just opened me up for other opportunities.
Now if this individual was respected across the board, his feelings toward me might have affected my career. Because this official is basically seen as a very average official and has a history of unprofessional behavior, it is just a funny story that people ask me about. This all happen about 4 years ago this March and I have done nothing but achieve more things since this AAU game way back when. That is why you try to get a history of this individual before you act or say anything.
Peace