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Originally posted by rgaudreau
Games at 4:30... I wish.

I have the benefit of being a teacher and can get off in time for a 3:30 game like I did tonight. Most of our juvenile games are at 3:45 or 4 oclock.

As for the chocolate beer, you'll just have to move to Northern Ontario. Nothing like a good cold glass of Northern Ale or Moosehead beer.

:) Ren

Does it also come in strawberry and butterscotch?

Not yet. I hear they are working on those flavours for the 2002 season.

Ren

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Originally posted by rgaudreau
Not yet. I hear they are working on those flavours for the 2002 season.

Ren

What's a "flavour?"

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Mooseheads, love those. For reasons that will not be
disclosed here whenever I have a Moosehead I think of
Fenway Park.

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Originally posted by rgaudreau
We DO have a pretty good mentoring program here. Actually, our officials association is booming and we are bringing in a lot of new blood. We are training younger kids and having them ref intramural basketball in order to prepare them for league play.
Ren

Where are you from? I'm in Waterloo.

As for beer, I'm a Keith's man.

..Mike

flavour is the equivalent of flavor I guess.

Do you want me to spell colour as well?

Us crazy cannucks like to complicate spelling. WE like to do it our way.

As for the Keiths... that's one of my favorites as well.

Oh yeah... I'm in Timmins by the way.

Ren

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Originally posted by rgaudreau
flavour is the equivalent of flavor I guess.

Do you want me to spell colour as well?

Us crazy cannucks like to complicate spelling. WE like to do it our way.

Ren

That's what happens when you have an alphabet that contains 52, not 26, letters. You know - A,A,B,A,C,A,D,A, ETC. ;)

Re: Re: Re: 2 rookies working together

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Originally posted by BktBallRef

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Originally posted by JRutledge

Why? Two rookies can be very educational and help one of the other take a leadership role. The only way an official is going to get better is when they learn to handle situations that they are not used to. It is not my job as a veteran to hold the hand of a rookie. That is how they learn. I do what I can, but that is not my job.

No matter what level the game is, the kids deserve better than two guys who are still learning the ropes. There's a lot that can go wrong with two rookies on the floor. Lots of situations that they won't be able to handle from a rules standpoint. The case in point is a perfect example.

There's nothing wrong with taking a leadership role but there's a reason that they don't privates in charge of armies. Young officials should be paired with a more experienced partner. You didn't learn everything that you know on your own and neither did anyone else. We need to mentor young officials and give back to the game. If you don't care to do that, that's fine. But there's a huge need for it.

I second that thought!!