[rockyroad]

Originally posted by RookieDude

Z...when I first read your post I was thinking Joe T. as well...mainly because you said strong court presence (Afterall, he did the WA 4A championship game last year)
but, in the few dealings I had with him...I didn't think he would be that stubborn.

Speaking of court presence...when I went to the 4A state playoffs last year, I knew some of the officials that were there...but, for the most part I had never seen many of them work.
It was kind of funny...as I sat in the first meeting, I decided to "pick" the 3 officials that I thought would make the Final game. How did I pick them? On their presence in the meeting...how they communicated with the staff...how they interacted with their peers.

Joe T. was one of the officials I picked. In fact I got 2 out of the 3 officials that worked the Final without ever seeing any of them work.

What's that got to do with anything? I dunno, just that IMO presence, communication and interaction (managing people) all have an intrical part of officiating, and the officials that have this skill can usually go far in this avocation.

Your "captain" didn't listen to his deck hands...IMO, that's why you feel bad z...you couldn't quite communicate what, in most cases, probably comes easy for you.

I would agree with all of the above...about the "real" Joe and the "imaginary" Joe...sometimes it comes down to which battle you think you can win. In this case, all the information was given and the partner wouldn't listen - let him/her take the crap that hits the fan later. I would make certain that the assignor heard about it from me BEFORE hearing about it from coaches.