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Old Thu Feb 13, 2014, 12:59am
Stat-Man Stat-Man is offline
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Originally Posted by Da Official View Post
I think you're right, balance is a feel and comes with experience.
Very True. I had a MS girls game this Fall where i let an AC say way more than i should have (Yeah, I know). But, on the drive home, I was determined that in the future, I'd learn from the day's experience and not allow that to happen again.

In the winter at a 7th grade boys game, I ended up whacking a head coach for his prolonged comments that ended with "Are you kidding me?" screamed in my ear after what i saw was a routine held ball. I ran into my assignor the next day as he was officiating the game after mine and he told me he thought it was a good T based on my report of the incident to him. I had wondered if maybe i was going too far the other way, but hearing his feedback helped me feel as if I was doing a better job finding that balance.
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