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Originally Posted by btaylor64
Where do you get that information from? I've done HS varsity and more. I don't have to explain myself to you though. I am sorry I haven't been alive half as long as the amount of years you have been in the profession. You are an assignor, right. Maybe you are like the supervisors in the NBA that this Mike Mathis guy has been talking about. Maybe you just couldn't hack it so you got into the only other thing basketball officiating could provide you...supervising. It hurts doesn't it? So why do that to others? I don't do it to be mean, I do it to illustrate a point. You are a grumpy old man. why must we talk about this? Why do you even bring up experience? If you don't like what any of us have to say, then just say so. You don't have to attack anyone's experience level.
BTW, if you want to know what I work just ask Chuck Elias. We recently met. He seems like a great guy and I wish I could have sat and talked with him more.
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I know more about you than you know, Ben, believe me. It's a joke when somebody with your experience and rules knowledge starts to critique officials at the D1 and NBA levels.
At the start of the season that just ended, you admitted that you've never done a high school game in your life at any level- Frosh, JV, whatever. And I hate to break it to you, but doing a low level D3 or JC game because no one else is available in the afternoon is not the same as doing D1 ball .
http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...877#post334877
Now all of a sudden you've done HS varsity and more. What is "more"? D1? NBA? Maybe you should build up a little spit in your whistle before you start expounding at how good or bad officials are at levels that you can only dream of attaining. Hell, it's probably a good idea if you learn a few basics rules first- like maybe that you can't call a "T" on a player who has rattled the board while making a legitimate attempt at a block.
http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...891#post358891
If you want to "illustrate points", maybe you should actually learn those points first. Don't let that stop you, and Old School, from telling us what's wrong with D1 and NBA officials though.
Here's a little advice for you. You can learn a lot more listening than talking. Feel free to ignore that though because whatthehell does a grumpy old man know anyway.