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Originally Posted by fiasco
Because the second you talk about your experience here, there are people ready to shoot you down, saying you're not good enough, or you didn't make varsity or college ball fast enough.
I've grown weary of citing my experience as justification for my opinion. It seems that, too often, when someone gets tired of arguing the merits of a specific topic, they turn to "well how much experience do you have?" as a way to end the conversation.
The number of games someone has officiated, or the length of time it took someone to get to a certain level many times has very little to do with one's rules knowledge, or ability to handle stressful game situations.
I can understand and respect if that makes my opinion of less worth to you, but that's just the way things are.
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I have yet to see someone get shot down here b/c they are "not good enough" or didnt advance to a certain level fast enough. Frankly, that comes across as pure BS.
In only speaking for myself, when I referenced people "having not done this long enough" it was a response to you suggesting that these may have been the only actionable plays by #34. I say that because after you have seen enough games you realize that players like #34 and situations like the one on video don't just materialize out of thin air or happen in a vacuum.
Sure there are situations that can't be avoided or that catch you off guard. And sure, a kid who has been fine all game might suddenly commit a dangerous play out of nowhere. Which is why I said earlier that I agreed with you to a point about players ultimately being responsible for their actions.
However, once those actions are committed officials have to respond accordingly. The video evidence here is VERY CLEAR to me that these officials did not respond in an appropriate fashion. And again, that's why this video is now being used as a training resource for several associations that I'm aware of in different parts of the country.
Experience is important in that it is IMO the best teacher you can have. I'm not the most experienced guy in the world and I'm here to learn like most everybody else. But I have had enough experience to know that the way the officials handled what was seen on tape did not rise to the level of competency that I would demand from myself or my partners in a similar situation.
We've all had situations we can learn from whether they happen to us or through observation. These guys just happened to have a bad situation caught on tape and the video went viral. On that night they were incompotent and I have no reservations whatsoever about saying that.