I'm not Mr. T, even though this year I have already wacked 4 players. But I am always concerned when I hear an official talk with pride about how few Technicals he's issued.
Are officials proud of how few illegal dribbles they call? Its a point of emphasis this year you know. I called a player for an illegal dribble last night. It was plain as day and not even debatable. Right in fromt of his own bench. The coach complained that I was the first official to call that all season
. ON A POINT OF EMPHASIS?????? Thanks to all my collegues for being right there on a situation that the NFHS and the OHSAA wants us to address. I'm all for trying to get a flow to the game, but if the players don't cooperate, we need to handle it.
RANT OVER. Thank you.
ANyway, back to my point. Not calling technicals doesn't demonstrate how good of an official anyone is. It doesn't mean you are a bad one either. But it sure raises a red flag to me.