Originally Posted by tomegun

If you really know Bob, that is cool, but I hope you really know him when you say that and not just communicate with him through a discussion board. I've said that before and I still believe it.

Originally Posted by mick

Oh, yeah, tomegun !
He's got a striped shirt, a whistle, heather gray slacks and everything. :)

Originally Posted by tomegun

Can you tell me what color heather gray is? :) I might be too young to know that color!

Originally Posted by tomegun

I would like to think you are only having some fun - like me, but I don't see where you are getting this from. I never said that anyone was a good, great or better official for calling me an a-hole. Also, I never said that anyone was a good, great or better official for being an a-hole on the court. What I said, and I quote myself, "Being an a-hole on the court is often necessary because what we do isn't always popular." You might like to call it an a-hole, jerk, prick or anything else, but can you say this statement isn't true?

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

With the caveat that one should never say never, I'll say that an official should never be an a-hole on the court. An official should be firm, decisive, strong, willing to make the unpopular, but right decision.... but should still be professional (which I guess Roger's would have as an antonym of a-hole).

Originally Posted by JRutledge

If you are firm about just about anything on or off the court someone will consider you as acting like an A-hole. They just might not say it to your face.

Peace

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

With the caveat that one should never say never, I'll say that an official should never be an a-hole on the court. An official should be firm, decisive, strong, willing to make the unpopular, but right decision.... but should still be professional (which I guess Roger's would have as an antonym of a-hole).

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

What Bob said above, Tom. I couldn't say it better and I agree with what he said completely.

You have to have the balls to make the unpopular but correct call, when necessary. You are going to piss people off when you make that call. What you don't want to do however is needlessly piss people off when you make the call. I'm sure that you know what I mean by that.

Of course, having said that, I still reserve my personal right to call you a f**ing azzhole every now and then.:D

Note the "smiley". That makes it OK.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

With the caveat that one should never say never, I'll say that an official should never be an a-hole on the court. An official should be firm, decisive, strong, willing to make the unpopular, but right decision.... but should still be professional (which I guess Roger's would have as an antonym of a-hole).