How to and how hard to push for games

[Rich]

Depends on the geography.

Here, JV games are assigned by schools. V games are mostly assigned by league commissioners.

Here, it's valid advice I've given others. Being known as a JV ref can hinder advancement, IMO.

[Rich]

I already have games in February 2019. If I'm alive.

I will assign 18-19 this summer.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Rich

I already have games in February 2019. If I'm alive.

I will assign 18-19 this summer.

I find it sad that places exist where HS sports officials have to be scheduled 2 years out. This is HS sports, after all.

As long as the schools know their games, I guess that is a natural consequence of having many competing assignors....they all want to get their games covered with the good officials before they're gone.

Here, the schools don't have a clue which dates they'll be playing at home until the summer before the season. They know they'll be playing league games on certain day but they don't know the opponent or whether they'll be home or away on those dates.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Rich

I already have games in February 2019. If I'm alive.

I will assign 18-19 this summer.

With that in mind, I consider myself very fortunate that Rich saved a few 17-18 games for a nomad like me.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

[Rich]

I work 70% of my games with the same two officials. Worked 5 postseason games together.

I also try to get as many as I can assigned as an individual. I think its useful to work with different people when I can, but a lot of assigners want to make 1 assignment, not 3.

[Rich]

Well, I create my league's schedule. So there's that.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Rich

Well, I create my league's schedule. So there's that.

If you have control of that too, then it makes it easy.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

If you have control of that too, then it makes it easy.

My role goes well beyond assigning officials. Sometimes that's good. Other times...

I haven't even made the 18-19 schedules yet. I'd love to slide my assigning back to be the summer before the season, but as others have said, I'd face limited availability of a lot of people I want to hire.

[Rich]

I held back 6 schools, both boys and girls.

I didn't assign those, although I sent the contracts. You know who to thank.

[crosscountry55]

Ok, well, then if you're Charlie Brown, the other guy is a gentleman and a scholar.

You're both class acts in my book.

Am I kissing up? Yes. Shamelessly.