[SeanFitzRef]

In adding some backup to JRut, I'm also here in Illinois, and I work in several different conferences in my area. In the Chicago Public League, the assignors want you to let the players play and 'keep the whistles to a minimum'. Be more verbal during the course of the game. If I go to the South Suburbs, the level of play is different and the assignors want you to call a little tighter game. Be slightly verbal during the course of the game, but blow the whistle more. If I go to the west suburbs, they want it tighter still. Be less verbal during the course of the game, but blow the whistle even more.

Three different assignors, three different styles of play, three different styles of officiating. That is how we have to do it if we want to work in different conferences. But in all three cases, we still have to officiate the game, and manage the game.