[Rich]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Rut,

While what you are saying is totally true, you are nearly 3,000 posts shy of the credibility to post it.

Of course, I'm being totally sarcastic!

It is par for the course. I have an opinion and I'm dumping on an official. JR has an opinion and it is made to seem as though it came down from the heavens.

All I ask is this: tell me why Welmer is an elite college official and I'm not talking about how coaches, players and an assigner feels. I say that because 1) we are known for giving credibility to what a coach and/or player says when it is good but not when it is bad and 2) the assigners who assign the last games, the tournament, have never thought highly of him.

Could someone make an argument comparing him to officials like Jamie Luckie, Les Jones, Hal Lusk or Pat Adams? I just don't think he compares.

Maybe not, but that makes me question how Hightower has been so successful in the tourney and Welmer hasn't even gotten a sniff of the Final Four. I'm just curious what the powers to be see in Hightower that they don't see in Welmer.