Officials Column that I wish to share

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

David:

As soon as I read your initial post in this thread I went directly to your website to read your blog of Tuesday, December 14, 2004. Then I read you Last Call ariticle in the January 2005 (how ironic that it had come in the mail on Wednesday, December 15, 2004) issue of REFEREE Magazine. Then I read every other post in this thread.

Judging from the other posts your blog did not make a favorable impression on many readers. I do not know how many of them also read you REFEREE Magazine article like I did. I was able to determine from the article that the 2004-05 season is your fourth year of officiating basketball here in the USA, and I do not know how many years you officiated in Canada (or where in Canada for that matter) before you moved to the USA.

BUT, you need to get your head out of your tuchus. You are so full of horse manure that if one were to burn it, it could heat a three-bedroom home in the Yukon for an entire winter. Not to mention you are so full of yourself that you need to step away from officiating and decide if you really have what it takes to officiate. It is obvious that four years after the game of which you write in REFEREE, you still can't ignore the fans at your game. That is the biggest signal that you are not cut out to be a sports official.

My advice to you is to step away from officiating for a year and get a life.

MTD, Sr.