Arbiter Issues

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jerkins

I don't like the effort I have to go through to manage my 33 different groups and get the blocks and the "sharing" right.

I had a second group added this year, for state tournament games, and I'm forgetting to treat each group separately (with checks in the proper boxes).

State tournament games? I'm a journeyman official who hasn't worked a state tournament game in thirty-seven years. I seriously doubt that I'll get one this year, with a bone spur and osteoarthritis in my right ankle, and patellofemoral pain syndrome in my left knee, but hey, hope springs eternal.

It's really too bad that my body is failing me now. I thought that last season was my best ever in terms of concentration, confidence, poise, consistency, judgment, mechanics, signals, court coverage, calls, game management, being a good partner, etc., and my ratings were great, except for physical conditioning.

I can't do state tournament games when I walk with a limp like Matt Dillon's sidekick, Chester, in Gunsmoke.



I get older every year and the players stay the same age. It's just not fair.

[BillyMac]

If nonbasketball related television trivia bothers you, then just look away.

As basketball officials we're used to dealing with tall individuals, but others may not.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I can't do state tournament games when I walk with a limp like Matt Dillon's sidekick, Chester, in Gunsmoke.

You wouldn't know by the photo that Chester (Dennis Weaver) is 6' 2". He looks tiny here compared to Matt Dillon (Jim Arness) who was 6' 7".

Arness: "In one film the leading man was five-ten, and I had to play all my scenes sitting down. Then there were times when they'd dig a trench for me to stand in so I wouldn't dwarf the rest of the cast. Once they even had two leading characters wearing foot-high lifts on their shoes".