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Originally posted by blindzebra
As usual you make a blanket statement and spin it when it is shot full of holes.
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BZ,
I think once again, you and others keep forgetting what this place is. This place is for discussion and opinions to be shared. It is not so that we can all agree. If you do not like the things I have said, you do not have to apply them to your officiating. It is very clear that places across the country are different and I know that. But you do not live here (which O&B does). Things are different in other parts of our state and in different organizations. I have every right to give an opinion on this and any other issue.
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Originally posted by blindzebra
There are many areas of the country where basketball is a year round thing. One way to improve is to work as many games as you can, and that cannot always be JH or HS ball, or even youth leagues.
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Well they play basketball here 12 months out of the year. AAU games will start before the playoffs are totally completed. And during a good part of the spring and summer there are HS leagues or shootouts that go on all the time. At least here if you want to you can completely avoid any Men's league.
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Originally posted by blindzebra
The veteran officials that are too good for adult leagues, will work those youth games. Assignors for those games are going to give them to the vet over a rookie.
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I do not work for any assignor that gives me HS or college games that assigns a Men's league. Or at the very least, they do not offer those games to officials that work a lot of HS or college games. Many times the league gets their own officials. Or some officials that has to get off the game, asks a fellow official to cover them.
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Originally posted by blindzebra
I enjoy officiating basketball, I don't care what level or type of ball that may be. Would I prefer to work a high school or college game over a men's league? You bet your a$$, but they are not playing year round.
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Just like the guys on ESPN 1000 say, "WE ARE HAPPY FOR YA!!"
They play pretty much year round here.
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Originally posted by blindzebra
And to take an attitude that nothing can be gained from working a men's league is BS.
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You have a right to your opinion. I definitely have a right to my own opinion. If you do not like it, that is your problem. I still say that it is a waste of time and energy. All the officials I know that are successful are not going out of their way to work those games. Of course some do and that is their option to do so. But I do not need to work with a bunch of has-beens or "never weres" to prove I can work a game. We do not have to agree on this BZ.
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Originally posted by blindzebra
You can have crappy partners, no mechanics, a funky table, and no organization working any level other than HS varsity and college.
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I sure can. I can go through an entire season and not find a single official that is totally incompetent. I might work with some officials that are younger and do not know any better, but at least those guys are willing to learn or they know they will not work.
Peace