StripesOhio According to the Miami(OH) box score, it lists Gene Steratore as one of the referees. MIAMI (OHIO) OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Men's Basketball Wiki entry: Gene Steratore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
tjones1 Hmm, well that's interesting. I'm sure the NFL knew where he was and gave him the thumbs up. By the way, in his second playoff game as a Referee, I thought Gene and his crew had a solid game.
grunewar MOofficial wroteI had no idea that the white hat in the New England playoff game also does D-1.I thought it was very interesting that the announcer's brought it up. Even mys son said that was very cool. 😎 I thought his crew had a good game today too.
BktBallRef MOofficial wroteRough life for an officail. I'd hate to see anyone go through that Rough? Go through that? A $5000 - $10,000 weekend! LOL! I'm quite sure he loves it!! My guess would be the crew flew in Friday and took care of all their required pre-game work with time to spare. BTW, I do wish he would pull his sleeves down on his wrist.
KJUmp BadNewsRef wroteAnd his brother, who I believe is on his crew, works the NCAA Women's side. His brother, Tony, is the back judge on Jerome Boger's crew. (Referee Magazine-Jan. 2010 issue, Pg.21)
bbcof83 MOofficial wroteI had no idea that the white hat in the New England playoff game also does D-1. He worked 4 d-1 games this week prior to his playoff game. Statsheet also has him listed as working a game on the 9th, the day before the football game. There is an nfl official who lives in my area and he says that they have to be there at the game the day before so how does this work when he is doing a basketball game the day before? Anyone else have some interesting information of some officials who work at high levels in more than 1 sport? That explains why his mechanics are so much smoother and easier to look at than some NFL white hats. Mike Carey's herky jerky motions are painful to watch.
Rich bbcof83 wroteThat explains why his mechanics are so much smoother and easier to look at than some NFL white hats. Mike Carey's herky jerky motions are painful to watch. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this when watching Carey.
MOofficial Are you talking about the same Mike "I point 2 different directions when I signal who the penalty is on" Carey?
Raymond bbcof83 wroteThat explains why his mechanics are so much smoother and easier to look at than some NFL white hats. Mike Carey's herky jerky motions are painful to watch. Steratore's mechanics are definitely the smoothest I see from the NFL white hats. I think his basketball background has a lot to do with that. I think it's also his personality. He is a very cool cat in person.
GoodwillRef BadNewsRef wroteSteratore's mechanics are definitely the smoothest I see from the NFL white hats. I think his basketball background has a lot to do with that. I think it's also his personality. He is a very cool cat in person. They had a challenge by the Ravens yesterday about if Flacco got the first down or not and his explanation we excellent. Very smooth on the mic.
fullor30 Bill Carollo former NFL white hat and a Super bowl official was a Big Ten basketball official, but not at the same time.
PIAA REF I know Gene personally, he is a great guy. He helped me a lot when I began to officiate. I was also coaching college at the time and we would have him on our games from time to time and he would spend an hour or so before he got ready for the game to talk to me about how my games were going, what I was doing well, what I was struggling with. He is just a great guy and IMO the Best football official out there.
fullor30 PIAA REF wroteI know Gene personally, he is a great guy. He helped me a lot when I began to officiate. I was also coaching college at the time and we would have him on our games from time to time and he would spend an hour or so before he got ready for the game to talk to me about how my games were going, what I was doing well, what I was struggling with. He is just a great guy and IMO the Best football official out there. He looks as smooth as Dino. Must be the Italian thing.
Mark Dexter BadNewsRef wroteSteratore's mechanics are definitely the smoothest I see from the NFL white hats. I think his basketball background has a lot to do with that. I think it's also his personality. He is a very cool cat in person. Still have to give him hell over the "first down, wait - the chains weren't fully stretched - okay, not actually a first down" play.
