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Originally Posted by rainmaker
....because in a few months I'm going to get up off this sickbed and be out reffing again, and I"ll need to know how to handle these sorts of situations if they arise.
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I hope you are OK but I can kind of relate to how your mind is likely working. I recently had an injury that took me out from working games and I could not even work any scrimmages most of this week and I could not get myself ready for the season as I would like. Your mind starts thinking about things you really do not need to focus on if you are not careful.
I think officiating is about concentrating on things that are realistic and getting good and calling or dealing with things that are much more realistic. I know in all the time I have worked and all the games I have officiated, I have never seen a player able to stay with someone on that level as was described in the previous post. At least not without some contact I have never seen such a thing. Officials should be concentrating on basic fouls and basic violations. To me to call anything is trying to be a maverick with the rules so that you can prove you know something. This is not solid officiating just to call something because you want everyone to get along.
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Originally Posted by rainmaker
It appears as though my judgments and opinions aren't in line with what others think, so I need to adjust my own thinking. I"m trying to pick the brains of you and tohers, and get myself more into the "right" frame of mind.
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If that is the case, you need to ask yourself why that is? I might have a reason that I think that is the case, but I have not lived your officiating experiences.
Peace