Questions for Veteran officials

[JRutledge]

Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has a right to their opinion. Some opinions are going to carry more weight than other opinions. There really is nothing you can do be try to work games to get better and work hard at it. Unfortunately not everyone is going to talk to you personally or tell you what they think. I also do not see the official as being out of line to tell the assignor what they think. It is up to the assignor or evaluator to use the information as they see fit. It sounds like this guy that wrote the letter must be a respected official and possibly his opinion carries some weight. Just understand that every game you are being watched by someone and someone might just share their opinion about the job you do whether it is positive or negative. Sometimes you do not go back to places because you were not available to work at that school or the assignor did not make an effort to send you back. It might have little to do with the letter unless you were told directly that was a factor. For all you know the coach might have complained and this letter did further damage.

Do not let it keep you down, just learn from it and move on.

Peace