Second Year Official

[pizanno]

Originally posted by AK ref SE
Whether we are rookie, seasoned, or veteran official I don't think we can ever "have seen it all", or "have had the perfect game". Sometimes we can be our own worst enemies.... Sometime we need to look at ourselves(are we jealous, are we afraid of the new guy).

AK ref SE

Since you were on the game as well, I'll assume that YOU deserved to be on the assignment.

From your description of this officials shortcomings, sounds like he has a lot of potential. You didn't mention any bad or missed calls.

Take it as a compliment that the assignor had faith in YOU to mentor this 2nd year official along on this particular game. Did you? Everything you listed as a criticism, did you offer to share with the official? How about the assignor?

Just blow your own game, don't worry about others. In fact, you should support any official for getting his/her chance because it will be you someday, at some other level.

Assignors have their reasons, and they are not always for public understanding or even explainable.

The cream will always rise to the top, and the pretenders will always sink to the bottom.





[Edited by pizanno on Dec 18th, 2000 at 03:06 PM]