he was once a Ref

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I had an interesting experience this weekend. I showed up to Officiate a JV county tournament game and I find out that one of the coaches is a former Varsity official. This
man is a very good official and was very helpful to me to me when I first started out as a cadet. So we exchange pleasantries. He asked me how I have been and how my season was going. I ask about him coaching and how he liked it. Then I walk over to great the other coach and the first think he tells me is “I feel like I’m at a disadvantage”, “you guys are all referee buddies”. So I try to assure him that the other coach having been an official will have no barring on calls in this game. As soon as the game started this former ref. made it quiet clear that he is now a coach. There aren’t many coaches I have heard yelling at officials like this man was. Then he started quoting rules interpretations. I was thinking wow he is now one of THEN. My partner and I called a good game. It was a close game down to the end and the players decided the outcome. The fouls where even 10-10 at the half, and 11-12 at the end of the game. There was an element to this game that totally new for me, but I had fun with it.