[JRutledge]

Originally posted by jbduke


Rut,

Why does it pain you so much to concede that this might not be just a regional story? I would have thought you realized that there are significant differences among the officiating philosophies of some of the supervisors of the power conferences. If one supervisor adds a new conference, that almost necessarily implies that a lot of officials will fall out of favor with their (new) supervisor, because they will not have been trained by him and his trusted advisors. That, in turn means that those officials who are in the good graces of their (old) supervisor stand to benefit because there are now more games available for them to be assigned to.

I do not recall that I said this was just a regional story. The SEC is a national conference that sounds like a national story to me.

Secondly, if you actually read what I said in previous posts, I said that it might affect those that work in those areas (the southern region of the country) but I can tell you it is likely not going to change what happens in the Midwest and all those D1 conferences and probably will not change at all what goes on in the Pacific conferences. Dude, this is just an opinion. This is no different than us discussing whether the Colts should rest their stars for the playoffs or try to go for the undefeated season (not an issue anymore ) It is not a big deal.

Originally posted by jbduke
If you're still having trouble connecting the dots, Mike Slive is the commissioner of the SEC. Care to guess which conference he came to the SEC from?

So what.

Originally posted by jbduke
Nobody is saying that you are, or will be affected by this. Nobody even cares. A couple of people are simply making the (generally) uncontroversial statement that this move could affect many more than just those under the SEC umbrella. Sheesh.

I did not realize that what I said was that big of deal. If Tommy was so passionate about the original post, why did he delete it when just about everyone was unaffected by his hyperbole of how important the situation was? I swear to God sometimes I really do not understand you guys. If you want to discuss something, be prepared for all sides of the issue to be discussed. If you cannot handle that, then this place is not going to be for you. I gave my opinion and that is all it is, MY FREAKIN OPINION. I personally do not care how it is going to affect anyone else either. It is not a life or death situation. It is just officiating guys. You mean people are suffering all over the world and you are worried that I shared an opinion that in the bigger picture is not going to mean anything. I do not recall that anyone in the SEC is going to ask any of us what we think.

Originally posted by jbduke
FWIW, the ACC did not hire an active official as its supervisor when the position came open last year. They hired newly retired John Clougherty. And Tony's right when he writes that things are not the same there.

If it makes you feel better the assignor for the Mid-Con was the assignor for the MAC last year but was released (quit or fired I do not know) before the season started. That change affected a bunch of officials in our area. I also know that the Big Ten fired a bunch of officials that only worked in the Big Ten last year. Most of those officials fired only worked one or two games anyway. The MAC and Mid-Con were both conferences that many officials would use to get into the bigger conferences in the midwest (as well as Missouri Valley or Ohio Valley). Now that was a huge conversation around here and it affected which camp many officials in my area were going to attend. I also know a camp that I have attended the last few years is going to have the new MAC Coordinator probably show up and observe officials at this camp. Now that was bigger news where I live. Maybe it is not a national story, but it sure was talked about more than who runs the SEC.

Are you happy now?

Peace