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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
In my world there is big difference between teaching and mentoring a new/young official on how to officiate vs. getting into a debate with a veteran official who is misapplying a rule.
One has nothing to do with the other. The thread was about veterans who are too "...fill in the blank..." to bring along new officials not a thread about hard-headed officials who won't admit when they are wrong.
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Yep. And in my world officials debate stuff all the time with fellow officials. Sometimes we have to get clarification from a rules interpreter or state administrator to get a final answer. But to have a debate where people initially do not back down is common. And many times it requires a rulebook or casebook to be pulled out.
And one of the biggest things younger officials do, is they try to put the blame on others instead of looking in the mirror. In other words instead of worrying about their mechanics, they worry about why someone that has more credibility is doing something.
Peace