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A lot of times, I think that officials tend to say it's a "regional thing" when it's just the opinion of a particular official they listened to. Good officials are good officials. We've had officials transfer to our area from other parts of the country and the ones that excelled in the area they came from also excel here.
An official who "leads the league" in technicals is generally overly-sensitive and not respected no matter where he/she refs. On the flip side, an official who doesn't expect sportsmanship and lets coaches go nuts without doing anything about isn't respected either. Doesn't matter if they ref in Timbuktu, Tacoma or Tuscaloosa.
I have heard two of our state tournament evaluators say things that contradicted each other. When pressed on it, they looked it up and one of them admitted they were wrong. I've also seen where one of our fine observers got confused between a HS rule and a college rule and later straigtened it out. Happens to the best of them.
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