SOAPBOX!!!

[Smitty]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
I have to tell you folks, some of the recent discussion on this board makes me wonder what in the hell some of us are thinking. Some are going way beyond rule interpretation, case plays, and common sense in coming up with some of these calls. A lot of it is just plain ridiculous.

Now there's nothing wrong with some hard, passionate, even fiery discussion on situations that the NF hasn't made black and white. But some of this crap that's being suggested here and even called on the floor, well, it's going to keep some in rec and elementary school ball for years to come.

I've been around this board for around 5 years and I gotta tell you: there are a few who are going to have their a$$ in a sling if they go out on the floor and makes some of these f'ed up calls that have been suggested here. Consider whether you're really listening to what's being said by the veterans who post on this board. If you haven't been doing this very long, you just might want to read a little more than you write, except to ask questions of course. And remember what my ol' buddy wrote several years ago. It's still good today.

"Get in, get done, get out." - mick chambers

PS - I hope that doesn't come off as being holier than thou. But folks, some of these arguments that just go on and on are ridiculous. We need to keep our heads.

Okay, I'm off my SOAPBOX!!!!

[Edited by BktBallRef on Jan 31st, 2005 at 08:25 PM]

Thank you for this. It is so accurate.

Totalnewbie...please stop taking things so personally and listen. Listen to the various opinions and advice given in this forum. Listen to the veterans you work with. Then filter out the stuff that is just plain wrong. Then take the rest and work it into your game. Use common sense. There isn't always a finite answer to every situation. Do what makes sense for you. But please...stop the whining.