Great comment from rookie ref

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Mark - it sounds like he may have one of those "intangibles".

Keep an eye on him!

I did speak with him after the game. I told him he didn't have to work baseline to baseline. He said he never thought of that.

Also, he called a flagrant foul (and rightly so), gave the "intentional" signal and didn't announce to the table or the coach that the player had been ejected. We discussed that also.

Other than that, in the minutes I watched, he was very impressive. His mechanics were excellent and he had "court presence", which is something I rarely see in first year officials.