Raised hand - or not?

[stripes]

Ah, come on. Are you tellng me that a first year guy is comfortable enough with the rules & NF mechanics that he should be learning "advanced mechanics"? I don't believe that & I'm sure that you don't either. I also disagree strongly with the rest of your post but life is too short.

Life is too short to...? Continue a discussion? Help a young official? Offer your opinion? I thought that this is what the forum was for. I don't expect you necessarily agree with what I say, but I don't want you to just stop the discussion either.

I don't know if a 1st year guy is comfortable with the mechanics or not, but any first year official should want to learn more at a camp than wether or not he should raise his arm for an OOB call. If athleticism, stature, game awareness, game management, handling of coaches and players, judgement, concentration, focus, positioning, etc. are "advanced mechanics" then I think all officials would want to learn the "advanced emchanics" regardless of their comfort level with the authorized NF mechanics and rules.

AS an aside, I hope you don't think this is a "pissing contest", I feel strongly about my position, but never intend to offend or demean any other official. Maybe it comes off that way (damn this writing style ), but that is never the intent. If we can't agree, that's ok too. We'll agree to disagree.