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Talking about a Coach cursing out your partner to you...
I was sitting around with some officials at a local bar a few years back and overheard the following conversation:
Referee: "So, Coach X really did call me that?"
Umpire: "Yeah, he called you a Son of a B****."
Referee: "And you didn't T him up?"
Umpire: "Would you have?"
Referee: after some thought..."probably not"
About that time, the local sports came on the late night news on the bar T.V.
Sure enough, there was this guy, I'll call the Umpire, standing by Coach X and you could read his lips while he was pointing..."that Son of a B****"
Some of the officials there laughed, some of the officials there were shocked.
My point is this. This Umpire guy was just starting out as a Varsity offcial. The Referee guy had been doing Varsity for about 3 years. This Umpire was good from the get go. He has since moved up into the top ranks of his association as has the Referee guy. In fact the Umpire guy did a State Championship game last year! He is also moving up the ranks as a college official. He is about 30 years old. My guess is he will be around for awhile.
My observation is this. crew's attitude goes hand in hand with some of these top officials. In fact, crew did something this up and coming H.S. official DID NOT do! He T'd the coach up! My guess is he even feels bad about it.
Politics are alive and well. What's a Rookie to do?
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