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Originally posted by Brad
A lot of the comments on here are pretty amazing to me. Every one of you that is criticizing one of these officials has something in common - you are all sitting at home while they are working!
If I were you, I'd start figuring out what these guys are doing that has helped them move up the ladder and stay there, rather than critique their mechanics, positioning, etc.
They are at the top level of the college game - and it is much different than high school / lower college level when it comes to having the ability to get there and (more importantly) stay there!
- Brad
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Critiquing upperlevel officials is how you get better. You can learn from the bads and the goods that these officials do. I'm one of the last people to bash officials but Ed Hightower does some things that would be unacceptable for newer college officials and this is simply because he IS Ed Hightower. I think he is a great official and I try to pick up things from watching him work.
And many of those officials are not there because of pure ability. There are PLENTY of officials working HS ball that could easily be working college level games. Its not always how good you are but who you know.