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Originally Posted by Smitty
You're not going to get the cream of the crop in these games - more the sludge from the bottom. And the coaches and parents don't know the rules either. There's nothing to gain from reffing these games if you're an experienced official.
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Oh, I'm well aware of that!! (And I try really hard not to get upset at the bonehead calls -- gets hard when kids get hammered and refs are oblivious, but really, I try!) In our CYO end of year play-offs, when we get to the final rounds, we sometimes see a quality HS team come in to do those games . . . which is really appreciated -- it's fun to see a three-man team of "real" officils who come in and treat the game seriously with teamwork, etc. (Indeed, in the coaches training, we were warned not to expect good referees but to bear with them . . . .)
On the lemons-to-lemonaid side, it gives us the opportunity to teach the kids that they have to adapt to the officials and figure out what is a foul
today without getting hung up on what it was last game . . .