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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Tom, what you say is meaningless to me. Not only do you not know what you think you know about the intricacies of basketball officiating, you invariably look for any reason you can find to crap on one of your fellow officials. You're famous for that. I honestly don't know whether you think crapping on someone else is going to make you look good, but it doesn't work that way. You whine incessantly about politics, not getting games, your association (no matter where you live) doing things wrong, etc. Sorry podner, but you just don't have the credibility for me to get that upset about anything you say.
And btw, you advanced to what? Assigning crappy summer AAU ball? Call me when you've done a few state finals like Tony, or a D2 national womens final four like Rocky.
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Honestly, you have me confused with someone else. You want to give me your number to call you? I started officiating (2 years in Arizona). I had no business doing anything more than what I got. I then moved to Las Vegas - I have worked a state final (championship) in Nevada. I moved to the DC area - I worked one Catholic finals and two semi-finals in three seasons. I moved to Mississippi and worked there for three seasons - I think I worked 2 or 3 state finals (championship) games. Is that a few state finals? I also worked college ball at all three places (JC, NAIA, DII, and on a D1 roster). Snaqs or BNR can tell you how it is as a serviceman to move around and start from scratch every few years. IMO, Rocky consistently comes from a different/more credible position than you and Tony so I give him respect for his POV, his accomplishments and the fact that he doesn't always agree with you.
Yes, I talk about politics because politics are a part of officiating like they are a part of other things in life. In my experience moving around you overcome politics by being good. I'm not sure when you have heard me whine about getting games; I have worked plenty every place I have been. You must have me confused again. I guess several assigners have been wrong according to you and Tony.
I do assign "crappy" AAU ball, but that is not the only position I hold in my city; I'm the instructional chair. In our current system, I currently assign high school basketball. Again, I guess I'm fooling a lot of people according to you.
I guess I'm a realist and that is what you call me crapping on someone else. I could give you a long list of great officials from all across the country. Officials that I think the world of. You are focusing in on my opinion of one official (the supervisor of officials for the NCAA must have agreed with me).
Sir, I don't hardly do this thing from my keyboard; I know a little about what I say. You go back a few posts and you will see that I can apologize to someone if I say or do something out of line. Can you say the same or has everything you have said in your thousands of posts always been right? Why did you and Tony - among other people - go silent for a long stretch? Is isn't like Chuck (someone I know who is more than a keyboard official) who left for good reason.