JR, I agree. Last year I was getting ready to take my Class 1 certification test that will allow me to do Varsity games. One of the requirements are that two Class 1 officials must do written assessments of my work. I had arranged for someone I knew to do it at a Girls JV game for one of the teams that made it to the State Finals.
The game was a blow-out. This program, being a strong program, runs a high pressure trapping full court defense. Obviously, for a JV game, the thought of the coaching staff is that they keep it up. (Not saying that I agree with that, but that's how they think). By halftime, the score is something like 40-11. My partner gets a bug up his @$$ and decides hes going to "send a message" by calling every touch he could a foul until they back off into a passive 2-3. Yeah! Riiiight! The HC, being a stubborn cuss that I have had issues with in the past, recognizes whats going on and slaps a full court press on. (No idiot ref is going to bully me!) The JV game took almost 2 hours!
The Varsity guys were so pissed, including my assessor, that I didn't get the assessment done. I called 1 foul the whole second half. That guy is on my very short DNWWTIEA list.
