[Rich]

Originally Posted by Fifty Percent

Unfortunately, I feel your pain. Every group must have that one official that knows it all. Our guy is very convincing that he knows all of the rules, is able to quote back rule #s, but he never applies it. He is convinced that he is the best official in our small group of 12 and isn't afraid to tell everyone he is the best, including the coaches. Funny thing is, I'm the assignor. I hear all of the complaints from everyone that has to work with him. I hear complaints from every single coach. Instead of supporting his partners, he will call them over to the net to question calls and purposely replays the point instead of siding with the partner. He also has a habit of telling the other official what he feels they are doing wrong while standing in front of the table of bookkeepers. The only good thing we have going for us now is his age. He is finally talking about retiring in the next few years. I have worked with him for 20+ years. I worked with him last night at a very competitive match. I left the gym so stressed. It just shouldn't be like that.

You must really be short numbers to keep using a person like this. I'm an assigner, too, and that person would find his way out of my league pretty quickly.