[brianp134]

Originally posted by M&M Guy

The poll is hypothetical - I never met George Gallup so I don't know the right way to do a poll anyway. The point I way trying to make was the difference between working for a supervisor/assignor vs. working for the school. A supervisor will be much more aware of the mechanics, and whether the officials are working within the system, while an AD or coach just cares about getting the calls right. (Of course, if I'm doing the poll during the game, the coach just wants the calls in favor of his/her team. But that's another discussion.)

Maybe it comes from attending NCAA-W camps, and there may be a slightly different philosophy here, but "getting it right" means more than just working the system correctly, it also means making the right calls. Granted, if we do the things we're supposed to do, we will be in postion to see the things we need to see, and then make the right calls. But sometimes stuff happens. If a ball comes out of my area and goes OOB on my partner's line, and they ask for help because they're not sure, I'm not gonna shrug my shoulders and tell them "Sorry, not my line". If I know for sure, I'm going to give them information to make the right call.

M&M, I too have been to NCAA-W camps and you are correct in saying that they want the correct call, but I truly believe Marcy Weston & Mary Struckhoff (sp)and collegiate supervisors would have a fit if the lead made this call from 40+ feet. I would think that some officials would be fired on the spot or definitely fined a game check if this were to happen in a college game. I would agree that they would say that the correct call was made but Stevie Wonder should have been able to see this foul from the nose bleed section of the arena.