[tomegun]

(Here we go again) Before you can be sharp as a tack at the end of the week, you have to be sharp as a tack at the beginning of the week.

I think there is a misconception that is an injustice to many officials. When Rut talks about officials keeping supervisors out of trouble he is exactly right. However, what isn't mentioned is the fact that the refs that are doing these games are making mistakes too. They make mistakes that coaches forgive because they know them. I know for a fact there are guys waiting in the wings that would do just as good or a better job than some officials who work more often than them. Until the coaches can accept not having their desired official every night this will not change. If someone broke down some game film with a coach, the coaches would start to see some thing that would probably surprise them. A coach generally wants to make sure an official will call the same game whether on the road or at home. Little do they know that they could get that with better calls too. I'm in no way saying all officials miss a ton of calls. I'm just saying the there are officials who have been trained to call a good game that must wait too long.