[JRutledge]

Just because you were an official for 10 years does not mean that you were a very good official. Just because you were a coach before you became an official does not mean you were a good coach. Being an official is about knowing rules and applying them in a very specific manner and being professional. Coaching is about Xs and Os and knowing how to draw them up and think of the fly. I am sure those skills would help, but that does not mean you are very good at what you came from. I would only really have respect for a coach if they did similar things or achieved more than I did as an official. If they had not done that, I would not put much stock in their experience.

Peace