McGriff postings
Lady Blue,
I know you won't believe me but I'm not the beloved AlabamaBlue from McGriff's. I've posted under this moniker before he came to our state. I am a little disappointed with this thread and your allegations against AB. Unless Gary deleted some of AB's postings, I never saw the offending posts you mentioned above. I know AlabamaBlue personally through umpiring softball and officiating football. He is a young official (early 20's) and a pure student of officiating. This is his first year officiating football. He elevated himself above other new recruits through dedicated rules study and hard work to officiate in a number of varsity games. I met him earlier in the year when we were assigned FP softball games together. I was amazed by his knowledge and demeanor especially for someone with only 2-3 years of experience. Although I don't agree with flaming others on these boards, I think you brought some of the firestorm on yourself. Again AB is a student of the game, young and indestructible (much like us at that age), I think he was a little disappointed by the tone of some your postings and felt the need to point out your misruling(s) and/or rule knowledge. I realize through your postings that you're a very accomplished and acclaimed umpire; however, sometimes those at the top forget about their roots and rest on their past accomplishments. Some top officials can be stubborn and resist the idea that they make mistakes. If AB made the derogatory remarks that you mentioned above, then he was wrong. It would be out of his character to make such remarks though. I know him on the field as a soft spoken and confident official but quick to defend his position when detecting misinformation or misapplication of the rules. Good luck posting here but don't be surprised if you're challenged on a posting! Sometimes it harder to maintain your status then to earn it in the first place.
AlabamaBlueZebra
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