OT: Have you worked with this guy?

Bad Zebra

🙂

YouTube - Crazy Ref

I think he has an IAABO patch on his shirt.

26 Year Gap

Bad Zebra wrote
🙂

YouTube - Crazy Ref

I think he has an IAABO patch on his shirt.

Anyone can get one of those through Honig's. A college shirt, though. Didn't see any partners, though.

BillyMac

Mark Padgett.

Mark Padgett

BillyMac wrote
Mark Padgett.

Couldn't be me. He didn't call any technicals. Besides, I have a full head of hair and a beard, but I do admire the guy for helping the environment by wearing a solar panel on his head. 😀

APG

Speechless

Bad Zebra

Kinda reminds me of Hightower 😛

APG

Bad Zebra wrote
Kinda reminds me of Hightower :p

With a bit of Dick Bavetta.

BillyMac

26 Year Gap wrote
Didn't see any partners, though.

Oh, he's there, but for some reason we just don't notice him.

SNIPERBBB

Wonder if he works any Harlem Globetrotter games.

ThatOneRef

Awesome, just plain awesome. Wonder what he's on...

Judtech

Lets all be honest. EVERY association has "This Guy" maybe not AS flambouyant, but we all have the older offiical who really puts "extra effort" into his game. I know we have one, and the kids and fans love him. I love working with him b/c when he makes a crazy call all I have to say to a coach is "Hey, that's <name>" and they agree and move on.
Wouldn't want to have younger offiicals imitate the mechanics, but would love for them to have that same level of energy and enthusiasm.😃

grunewar

Out friggin standing!! Thanks for the film. great music too!!

As we get late in the Rec Season here and I move into the playoff and championship rounds I always look for something to work on! Now, I have several things. Excellent (sarc). 😉

River Ref

Let's remember that when the game is over we are to be forgotten. Never a spectical to be made of ourselves. The game is not about us.

grunewar

River Ref wrote
Let's remember that when the game is over we are to be forgotten. Never a spectical to be made of ourselves. The game is not about us.

YOU go tell HIM that!

Loudwhistle2

Is that JR?

ref2coach

26 Year Gap wrote
Didn't see any partners, though.

LOL he is hiding. 😮
You can see him in the lower left of the scree at 1:01 and 1:25, only ~2 second appearance in whole sequence. 🙄

chymechowder

I like at the 1:00 mark how he cuts in front of a Team A player to begin a closely guarded count.🙂

Rich

River Ref wrote
Let's remember that when the game is over we are to be forgotten. Never a spectical to be made of ourselves. The game is not about us.

My favorite canard.

It's about the kids. It's not about us. We shouldn't be noticed. Think of the children. Let's be a bunch of shrinking violets out there.

It's all a bunch of BS.

Oh, I loved the video. I couldn't pull that off, but I was certainly laughing at it.

APG

RichMSN wrote
My favorite canard.

It's about the kids. It's not about us. We shouldn't be noticed. Think of the children. Let's be a bunch of shrinking violets out there.

It's all a bunch of BS.

I love it too...of course we don't WANT to be noticed (because it means the game is going well), but if the situation arises, you step up to the plate and take care of business. And sometimes that means you'll get noticed.

The whole premise behind the best games are ones were we aren't noticed is faulty because the best games tend to be the ones were the teams play well...meaning most likely they aren't forcing our hand to call fouls.

Adam

River Ref wrote
Let's remember that when the game is over we are to be forgotten. Never a spectical to be made of ourselves. The game is not about us.

while in this context, I don't fully disagree with your sentiment... I disagree with the sentiment.

We are not to go in and be forgotten; often times we have to make calls that will preclude that. If you want to go in and be able to leave unnoticed and forgotten, buy a ticket.