familiarity breeds contempt

[JRutledge]

This is not a small community issue or a big community issue. This happens in big communities as well. If you see the same coach over and over again, it does not matter if you live in that community. Or better yet, what if you grew up around this person and you happen to be working their games. This can happen in the big cities as well as the small towns. The problem is that at this level coaches lose perspective. Hardly anyone is going to remember or care what they did when they were in JH to begin with. You do not have 20 year JH class reunions; you have 20 year HS reunions. This is just another example of adults trying to turn youth sports into a proving ground for athletic achievement. Kids are not going to get college scholarships in JH and coaches are not going to get big time college jobs (let alone big time HS ones either) based on the JH achievement in these games.

This is just another example of why officiating at these levels is many times not fun. If coaches expect they are going to get the best officials working these games they are sadly mistaken.

Peace