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Originally posted by rockyroad
I watched the Women's Final Four just like I watched the Men's...didn't have any big complaints or gripes about either one, so felt no desire to post about either Final Four...now that the question has been asked - again- I will say again that I usually don't respond to these types of posts, but some days I can't resist...are Men's officials bettter than Women's? What an assinine question - of course not. Are the mechanics, points of emphasis, floor coverages different? Yep...that may be why some are so lost watching the Women's games...I will also say that quite often I have no clue why Men's officials make/don't make certain calls, and why they make them from the Lead position when the C has a much better look at the play, but then I don't know the Men's mechanics, etc...I will also say that I had to choose several years ago between doing Men's or Women's ball...I choose Women's NCAA ball - knowing the quality of play would not be as high - but I chose Women's because I was sick of the egos on the Men's side...the attitude of people like Mr. Rutledge and many others I encountered doing Men's games really turned me off...I have found - so far - that the officials on the Women's side are much more fun to work with and to hang around with before and after games...again, just another person's two cents worth...
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What is my attitude? I guess my telling you that I perfer one level over another is more interesting to me? If I tell you that I perfer watching Women's tennis over Men's Tennis do I still have an attitude? Do I have an attitude because I feel that the Women's tennis is more competitive and that the Women's game is more exciting because there are more rallies and anyone can win on any given match? Or is it because you have proven yourself to be shallow and reduce this discussion into a debate over gender?
If I were to tell you that I perfer umpiring baseball over (Fast-Pitch)softball, because I actually played baseball and did not grow up playing softball. And because I played did not play softball and did play baseball, will you critisize me too because I have a preference between the two sports. I know several softball umpires that only umpire softball because of the time it takes to do a game as compared to baseball that can take much longer. I do not feel the need to be critical over them. Actually, more power to them.
I have got a better idea, maybe I should be critical of you because you like the Women's game over the Men's? Is something not wrong with you and your attitude?
I just simply asked the question mainly because I heard nothing about plays, calls or even anyone talking about the officiating in the Women's NCAA Tournament. I asked an earlier question "was anyone paying attention to the Women's Tournament," and many said no or that they did not even care. I watched the tournament mainly to watch the officials and I saw many things that seemed odd to me. I do college basketball in both so I wanted to watch the mechanics and the calls. I asked because it felt like no one else was paying attention and it appears that I was right. If you were to ask me what I perfer, I will always say the Men's. Actually I would personally rather doing a HS varsity boys game over any college Men's or Women's game any day at this point of my career. Or until I get the big D1 assignment which might never happen to me.
Grow up, this question was about the interest. Considering that the ratings for the UConn-Okalahoma Championship game was the highest rating ever for a college basketball game that ESPN has ever had, I would think that the officials that love talking basketball would be watching and coming here and discussing the happenings throughout the tournament. But as I see, I was right.
Peace