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Originally posted by tomegun
I think I have been here a little longer than you according to the date we registered. I know what I'm getting into and you are a little different.
I said what I have to say and then you say what you have to say. By this time we all know that you can't see how it is going to impact anyone outside the SEC. I think the conversation continued without you and your opinion. Once again, you felt like you needed to insert the opinion you already stated. Why?
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Is this not a free country? Did I violate any codes of conduct on this site by sharing my opinion? You must think we are in Cuba and this is communism. I can share any opinion I like and involve myself in any conversation I choose to. That also would apply to anyone else that has an opinion. I do not see you telling others (I know I do not do that) to not comment in threads on this very public forum.
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Originally posted by tomegun
You keep pointing out that you aren't working in the Big Ten or on the cusp of it. I guess that shows how much you know since the supervisor, and the way they operate, have a HUGE impact on whether someone IS on the cusp of getting into a conference or not.
I had some more to say but I realized you have your opinion and I have mine. I can't tell you what to say or anything like that (like you pointed out). Whatever.
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Tommy, I live in an area where Big Ten officials are all over the place. I not only know D1 Women officials, I know D1 Men's officials as well. I attended camps these officials run. I attended a camp last summer where a D1 coordinator of a mid-major conference ran a one day camp to evaluate officials for all his conferences ranging from JUCO, D3, D2 and his D1 league. His presentation to the officials in attendance to the camp was all about what it took to get to the Division 1 level and how his conference fit in that equation. He did not discuss mechanics or philosophy of officiating. He only discussed the process of how he hires D1 officials and how his smaller conferences are used. I have a mentor that lives in my town and I have worked with many times who has worked D1 for many years and was on ESPN a week ago Saturday. I have talked to him extensively about working college basketball and going to some higher profile camps. I am not speaking from a place where I am completely unaware of what goes on around here. I also have many friends that attend camps on a regular basis and are trying very hard to get to that level. I work HS for 2 guys that once worked in the Big Ten and I did as of 2 years ago work for an officials that just last year was in a NCAA Regional Championship Game until he stopped assigning that HS conference a couple of years ago. So I might not be personally on the verge of D1 greatness, but I talk to many officials that work that level and talk a lot about their situations and how those assignors change things.
The problem Tommy is you are so close to the situation you are not worried that you will be on the outside looking in. I can tell you that there are not many officials in my area that even consider the SEC as a realistic possibility to work basketball games. So what happens with the SEC (unless they change the entire assigning process with regional assignors) is not a "major issue" for officials here. We do not have an "Official's Development Program" here. The conferences around here do not use the same officials as a philosophy like the SEC and the ACC did over the last few years. So if you do not like what I have to say about that, you will have to deal with it.
I just asked how this was going to be such a big deal and you are all worried that what I have said is going to really matter. Tommy, I have no idea as you do not have any idea what is really going to happen with this situation. Stop trying to tell everyone that we should agree with your opinion on how big this is.
Peace