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Well I guess that I just can't do it.Â* I really did try to engage some of you in a sincere conversation, even though we disagree, but I'm now convinced it wasn't a reasonable endeavor in the first place.Â* My bad.Â* And I think I must really bug some of you, based on the responses here, which while cordial, are low in their assistance quotients.Â* I also detect a dash of sarcasm by your inference that I wouldn't ask these same questions of Mr. Camenelli.Â* I assure you I have, and I was very pleasant to him too.

As for trying to understand why basketball officials act the way they do, my current theory is that there are certian personality traits that are common to those people that are attracted to the work.Â*Â* For the record, I don't think referees deserve some of the treatment they seem to get, although I can relate to the feeling that can come over an otherwise delightful person when he's been repeatedly provoked.Â* On the other hand, my experience is that you guys don't waste a lot of energy meeting people half way either.Â* Too bad, you had a perfect opportunity to prove me wrong.Â*

The fact is that referees miss a lot of calls.Â* The PAC referees specialize in seeing stuff that would have happened if they hadn't called it first. But they'reÂ* dependably inconsistent too, not just from one game and crew to the next, but from one half of play to the next.Â* The reason I know that is because I've observed them hundreds of times, up close.Â* It's not a very controversial opinion in our conference.Â* Listen, I wish it weren't true too.Â* Believe me.Â* There's nothing so annoying as a persistent truth...Â*

So, I bid you guys farewell, and could someone try to have the spam I get from this place turned off after i leave?Â* It would be a nice gesture.Â* And my team is doing great this year, thanks for asking.Â* It would be more fun tthough if ....um....the officiating wasn't still so bad.Â*

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