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Originally Posted by JoeTheRef
Did you ever wonder why it took you 7 years of middle school and wreck ball just to get a taste of high school ball, Fresh & JV at that?? I'm not saying what you're saying is right or wrong, to each his own. I was just curious if you ever wondered or questioned where you are in your career path and why you are where you are. I am in my 7th year of officiating and currently working my first year of College (NCAA-W DII) and our philosophies differ in many ways. If you ever decide to question yourself, start with your statement highlighted above. JMO
Edited: JS, I can't say what I said without elaborating. You should care what your partners are calling and how they are calling the game. First thing I say in my pregame, and I don't care if I have a more veteran ref or newbie ref on my crew, is that we are going to call this game on the same sheet of music. Or in other words, we are going to be consistent tonight as a crew. Whether that is going to be consistently good or consistently bad, we are going to be consistent. Now if I have you calling stuff all over the court that you see and you judge as a "foul" and it's not consistent with the crew or the flow of the game, I'm calling you out at the first timeout we get. You my friend can cause havoc in a game with the mentality of the highlighted portion of your post. Again my .02. |
So you dictate how the other officials call games?
I find it just isn't that way once you've been doing this a while. Your philosophies aren't going to be THAT different and all officials, if they care, are going to try to meet in the middle.
It's this "I'm the ref and you're going to call it my way" crap I saw earlier in this thread that I think is nonsense. I'm not saying that's what you said above, so if we're on the same page, let me know. Good R's will slide to their partners as much as the partners adjust to them.