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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Just don't beat yourself up when you're learning. You've already got people standing in line ready to do that for you.  |
Amen to that!
I'm at that point in my career that is a dangerous one, I think - I'm fairly well respected as a "good young official" and most coaches (who know me-while I've got seven years in now, I'm only in my second year in this state) know they'll get a good effort and a good game when they see me. I get recommendations, and I expect to get reasonable playoff assignments this year.
It's a point where it would be easy to be complacent. I have a full varsity schedule, a good relationship with my assignors, etc, and could officiate a lot of years just "staying the same." But I'd really like to get better - a lot better. I don't think this would be much fun otherwise!