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Originally Posted by jTheUmp
How'd the games go last night?
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Last nights games went great! First game very competitive (8th grade boys) closely contested, and the fans loud in a (mostly) positive way. Both myself and my partner were on the same page and managed it well. I was able to talk a chippy coach ( who wanted to talk about every call) that he had to choose his battles. He listened, and the game went smoothly after that. I had to call my first elbowing foul and I was able to slow down enough to think it thru with my fist up before opening my mouth and calling an intentional foul. I did not judge it flagrant. Once I explained the new rule to the offending player's coach everybody was fine. I hate to say this, because Padgett has replied to this thread and is probably monitoring it, but we did have 1 overtime period!
The next 2 games were not closely contested, but went very well from officials point of view. My partner was great and I know that this really helped. I did have my radar up as we left the locker room, tried not to make much eye contact, but heard nothing but a couple of thank you's.
I felt good on the way home and for the rest of my short evening. Again thanks to all for helping me thru this!