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I disagree with the notion that officials aren't held accountable. We all know we are, it just isn't done in a way according to their wishes, which pisses them off. As one prominent guy in our association says, "I've been hired and fired by more D1 leagues than I can count."

It's another example of coaches wanting to rule the world and thinking they know what is best for everything. (Latest example is the ESPN tirade right after the selection show where the talking heads declared that the "committee" needs to be made up of coaches and ex coaches and assistant coaches and graduate assistant coaches and team managers and ...)

The comment about "There is an arrogance with the new rules, too." is another example, coaches can't stand someone telling them how to behave on the sideline, and they perceive it as arrogance on the officials part, talk about arrogance. Well guess what coaches, the officials ARE the adjudicators of the rules, so deal with it.