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Old Mon Feb 09, 2009, 11:56pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by bbcoach7 View Post
As far as a comment like, "this is the worst officiating I've ever seen," well maybe it was, but I doubt it very much, as these coaches probably say that again and again. You don't actually believe there's no such thing as a lousy ref do you? ANd I'm not talking about intent, everyone desires to perform well at whatever they do, but of course not everyone can.
Actually I saw a "bad" official this weekend. Granted it was a lower level game and the person has the potential to get better, but he was off in so many ways with his basic judgment and basic understanding of the game.

I see bad coaches all the time and I would never tell that to their face or openly in public even if I feel that way strongly. That is ultimately the point that in my opinion the OPer was trying to make IMHO. Even if we feel a certain way about a coach, we are not likely to say that to a coach. And if we did we would be expected to hear about it from the right people. Coaches say those things a lot and nothing happens to them in many cases.

I think a lot of us are tired of the double standard that is widely held.

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