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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
And you speak so highly of your former association. Sounds like sour grapes to me. Get on one side of the fence and stay on it.
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I wasn't talking just about me, Junior. I've worked plenty of top level playoff games. I started working the CIF playoffs in 1989, and did not have a HS season without playoff assignments through the 2004 season. Don't speak of which you don't know.
I was saying the WAY IT IS in that association. No sour grapes, as I got plenty of great games while there. Unfortunately, this is EXACTLY the way it works here. And sure, I've been requested by many teams too, and often these teams don't make it into the top playoff games (or even make the playoffs). The point is, these games are not given out by merit, but by what a coach thinks is good umpiring (i.e. puts up with his antics).
And for the record, the HS association does not make the rules as to who chooses the upper level playoff assignments. The California Interscholastic Federation makes the rules, and they give coaches a "request list" to fill out, and trust me, many a great umpire has been left off these lists due to not kissing coaches' butts.
I just took you off the list to see what cutting remark you would make to me. It's really a shame that all you can do is insult others. Really speaks highly of your intellect.
Back on the list.