[tomegun]

Tell me what you think of this hypothetical (wink) situation.

What if coaches had the power to block an official? Nothing out of the ordinary except coaches use it when an official handles business correctly. Of course, when this happens there is no investigation to see if the block is justified - the official is just blocked. Oh yeah, it isn't out of the ordinary for a coach to say "You will never come to my school again" during a game.

That is high school.

What if a coach could call the assigner and tell him he didn't want to see an official and when that happens enough the assigner fires the official because "I can't send you anywhere." Again, no investigation to see if it is justified.

Additionally, coaches say all kinds of things like "Hey, can you tell Joe to quit calling those p***y fouls" and no technical foul is given. Coaches ride officials on a nightly basis.

When certain things happened the assigner asked why the officials didn't give a coach a technical foul. Keep in mind, the official can get "fired" for handling business correctly, but on the other hand can be in the "doghouse" for not handling business.

That is college basketball and the assigner is a D1 official who goes deep in the tournament every year.

Let me change my location!