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Originally posted by M&M Guy
I know plenty of great officials that would never be able to finish a 5K run, and a fair number of good-lookin' bods that don't have a clue on the subtleties of officiating.
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Well, M.....can I call you M, for short?
Or should I call you Chuck if I wanna do that?
Anyway........
Great point. I don't think that you can equate physical fitness as being the most important part of what makes up a great official. And you certainly can't equate the appearance of being physically fit as being a big part of it either. I've seen too many great officials that were, to put it charitably, sloooooooow. And there's plenty of great officials around that are, to put it politely, bad-bodied. Hell, look at Dick Bavetta. He looks like he died last week and someone forgot to plant him. What the good ones do have is the ability to get themselves into the best possible position that they possibly can to SEE the play, and then also have the knowledge and judgement to make the RIGHT call. I see trails in NCAA and NBA games getting beat up the court all the time on fast breaks when the ball quickly shifted the other way. The good ones know how to get in the best position possible- not the best possible position- that will enable them to still make the right call.
Of course, you do have to take into account that the writer of the above possesses a body that passed it's "best by..." date years ago.