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		| Originally posted by paulis I was once told by a coach that he ranked me the second best official he had seen all season.......and that everyone else was tied for first!
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 When I was a young official (1st year), 
JurassicReferee's friend Paul Mitchell told me this.  I fell for it HUGE, and all my ref friends laughed.  We were at Kelsey's a restaurant chain, much like TGI Friday's, at our year end bash.
At the end of my second year, I improved *alot* and was told the same thing again by the same guy at the same place at the same party.  Fell for it again.
I felt humiliated at the point.
Mike