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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:30am
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Lesson learned in all of this, don't come to an officials forum, complaining about all of the missed calls you have compiled.

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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:41am
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Lesson learned in all of this, don't come to an officials forum, complaining about all of the missed calls you have compiled.

Pretty much.

The response is a lot milder than I expected to be honest. I miss Jurassic, he would have known just what to say in this thread.
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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:05pm
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Pretty entertaining replies!

The bottom line for this dad and others is: If the officiating sucks (in your opinion) then understand the teams playing are probably not that good and the better officials in the area are out calling the better games. On the flip side parents and coaches still complain about the better officials.....so welcome to this thankless profession. It is what it is.
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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:25pm
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Pretty entertaining replies!

The bottom line for this dad and others is: If the officiating sucks (in your opinion) then understand the teams playing are probably not that good and the better officials in the area are out calling the better games. On the flip side parents and coaches still complain about the better officials.....so welcome to this thankless profession. It is what it is.
In some places (like many of my conferences I work) the officials are hired 18 months to 2 years in advance with dates and locations. Means I get some great games and some horrible games.

Truthfully, I need the great games to get through games like these. If I worked games like this every night, I'd retire.
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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:30pm
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In some places (like many of my conferences I work) the officials are hired 18 months to 2 years in advance with dates and locations. Means I get some great games and some horrible games.

Truthfully, I need the great games to get through games like these. If I worked games like this every night, I'd retire.
100% I agree completely and that's my sentiment too.
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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:29pm
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You don't want "better" officials. They would have most of the players fouled out for the crappy defense and you would most likely have received 2 T's because they aren't going to deal with your childish behavior.

You should be happy they find enough officials to work the games.
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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 01:57pm
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Lesson learned in all of this, don't come to an officials forum, complaining about all of the missed calls you have compiled.

As it turns out, this thread is cathartic to officials.

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Old Wed Jan 25, 2017, 02:05pm
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There certainly things here though that should be looked at just mechanic wise and we can do better. I work with a veteran official that is near the end and we get in trouble on these types of games where his mechanics go away. Don't think its hard to stop the clock on every whistle and body language thats poor makes us an easy target.
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