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Old Wed Mar 26, 2008, 09:34am
socalreff socalreff is offline
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Originally Posted by Corndog89
Just curious why you would identify empathy as an important element of officiating?

Empathy: 1. Identification with and understanding of another's feelings, situation, and motives. 2. Attribution of one's own feelings to an object. (Webster's II New Collegiate Dictionary)
You gotta be able to see things from the coaches' perspective in order to achieve long term success. They have to feel that you understand their point of view in order for them to be comfortable with you on their game. Remember, the assignors work for the schools (coaches) not for us.
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