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Originally posted by zebraman
I'm with Tony on this one. Any ref who isn't mature enough to leave the "off the court" stuff behind when reffing a game shouldn't be reffing in the first place. We all have bad days...none of us are immune to things weighing on us on game day, but we're professionals who have an obligation to leave it behind when we take the court. If it's so heavy that we can't leave it behind, turn the game back. It doesn't matter what level the game is, we owe the players our best effort.
I've seen a lot of crazy posts from Rut, but saying that he admires the ref for leaving is ludicrous. Rut's right that we don't have to tolerate being abused, but there are ways to handle out-of-line coaches and walking off the floor isn't one of them.
Report his unprofessional behavior to the assignor so none of the rest of us get stuck with him as our partner. :-)
Z
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I admire the official if his actions are and were for the right reasons. I am a human being first. Official is way down on that list of importance to me. And it appartantly is way down on this list of most people in this country, we cannot seem to get the numbers we had and no one wants to be an official but the ones that are officiating. One of the reason is because we would rather be critical of an official and report them anytime something does not benifit us. Unlike many here, the official realized what he was going to tolerate and what he was not going to tolerate. That is a very admirable quality and I would always want in a partner. We also do not know the encouragement or lack of encouragement that JAdams gave or did not give. We do not understand the entire story or this official's side of the story. If he were here posting, he might say his partner didn't do this and this did or did not happen. Not everything is worth getting $15 a game for (which is not very unusual to get for doing these games) or even $25 if you are lucky.
I do not expect a person like you or others to agree. You are probably one of those individuals that only side with the majority so that you can feel accepted in life instead of standing up for what you really believe. I for one do neither, but I do and will point out the "other" side. And without knowing the other side of this story, I think it would be highly questionable to "report" this official to anyone without making yourself look bad in the process. I am sure the tournament director or the people that is responsible for hiring the officials are completely aware that the official left. I am also completely sure that the other officials that sat around and watched this know what happen much better than any of us here. I am sure that the word will get around and if it does not, so be it. Do not forget that AAU Tournaments are run much like a Heavyweight Fight. The people that run many of these things are often only worried about themselves and having the fight. How they accomplish the fight or promote it can very from one fight to another.
To me there are many more worse things and official can do to be considered "unprofessional." Leaving before doing a game is not one of them. Sorry, it just is not the end of the world.
Peace