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Originally posted by JRutledge
"Your mechanics are what tell you what kind of an official you are. If you do not have good mechanics, you will tell everyone how confident you are in your calls."
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So does that mean that now the question is: would you rather work with a partner who has (a) good play calling ability, (b) good game management skills, or (c) good mechanics?
I'm all for good mechanics, and as I've said before, I worked really really hard on my mechanics. But I know very good officials with lousy mechanics, and average officials wtih really good mechanics. I don't think there's a correlation. Good officials tend to have good mechanics, b/c they've worked hard on all aspects of their game; but I would disagree wtih the blanket statement that mechanics tell what kind of an official you are.
Chuck