Sun Jan 15, 2006, 12:47pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hell
Posts: 20,211
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Originally posted by dblref
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Originally posted by just another ref
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by just another ref
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We have had this conversation before, sir, and forgive me but I fail to recall what your answer was as to what I should say. You say that I have branded the officials as incompetent. On this one call, they were incompetent. How do you defend that?
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To refresh your memory, my answer is that you should say nothing. If you don't want to defend your incompetent fellow officials, then simply do not comment on your incompetent fellow officials. It is completely unprofessional imo for an official to sit in the stands and openly critique, evaluate or comment on the competency or calls of their fellow officials to fans.
One blown call does not necessarily mean that an official is incompetent. Telling fans about that blown call though certainly brands that official as being incompetent in their eyes. Bye-bye credibility for that official.
Obviously we disagree.
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Just so I understand: You are watching a game, with a coach/friend sitting a couple of seats away. There is a double foul. Officials administer free throws on both ends and go to the possession arrow. Your friend says, "JR, that's not right is it? Shouldn't they have....etc. ?" You literally say nothing? Somebody else offer an opinion and break the tie, please.
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I'm with JR on this, so the tie is broken. On several occassions, I have been in this same position where people sitting around me know that I am an official and asks why something was or was not called. Like you, I smile, but I tell them I don't comment either way on another offical's calls. In my opinion, if you comment, it is a no-win situation.
[/B][/QUOTE]'Zackly!
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