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Originally Posted by JRutledge

David,

Do not twist what I said. It is not about "new ideas." It is about what works and what has not changed because it works. You are not in a position to start changing things because you do not like the system. Neither am I or most of the people I listed in a position to do what we want to. But when someone tells you a procedure and they are much more experience, it shows a lot of ignorance on your part to say, "You have no idea what you are talking about." Well when you get on the NF committee or the CCA committee, then maybe you will have some credibility on this issue. The current system has worked in my 10 years when used properly and your ideas are not new. Your "new ideas" have been shown as not effective. I should have known better when you tell all of us what the NBA officials are doing wrong. I guess you have credibility to know.

Peace

Exactly the same thing... "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" - problem is it not "unbroke". Why would the NFHS constantly have points of emphasis for the rules, if everything was going just fine. Why would it have moved from 2 man to 3 man for the most part at this point if it worked? Why have some sports gone to instant replay if what we have worked? Why are they changing, updating, adding, and removing several rules every year? I guess they're not perfect, just like the mechanics aren't.

I was very careful not to use the word "new" - i'm sure I don't have new ideas. I'm just saying that because that is the way that someone some where said works and that, not because it is presumably the best way, is why we are doing it.

I don't claim to have any more credibility than having worked for a while. You say 10 years - I have been reffing sports for 8. So you have 2 more years than me, and a job with more responsibility in that regard (assignor). I'm not saying you have less credibility, or that your system is bad. I am saying there is more than one way to do something, and sometimes yours works, sometimes mine works. As someone else said, even the mechanics are constantly evolving.

If everyone simply did stuff because "that's what everyone does" and "that's what works", we'd be in an awful lot of trouble.

No, basketball is not a life or death, or life-changing type of activity. But to do something simply because and only for the reason that someone told them it is the right thing to do is wrong. Hopefully, you can think more for yourself than to just do what "someone", or several "someones" told you to do. I wouldn't expect you to do what I say. But I wouldn't expect you to just throw out my ideas, or anyone elses, simply because "that isn't how it is done".

The world would cease to ever get better if we always just said "That's just the way we've always done it, so it's the way we're always going to do it.". Better throw three-man out the window - two man was perfect.