NFHS Mechanics Question

[Mark Padgett]

When I saw the thread topic "NFHS Mechanics Question", I thought you were asking where we get our cars repaired.

Can you tell I ran out of meds?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

When I saw the thread topic "NFHS Mechanics Question", I thought you were asking where we get our cars repaired.

Can you tell I ran out of meds?

If you need your car's horn fixed, you should take it to a boy scout. After all, their motto is "Beep Repaired."

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

If you need your car's horn fixed, you should take it to a boy scout. After all, their motto is "Beep Repaired."

You get a "10" for that one, Bob.

BTW - when I was a kid, I was a Girl Scout. I would scout for girls.

A few weeks ago, a Boy Scout troop was fund raising outside a local grocery store. They were amazed that I could still remember the Boy Scout oath and the 12 points of the Scout Law even though I left Scouts over 45 years ago. Sometime I'll tell you the story of when we blindfolded a kid we didn't like and then tied him to a tree at Scout camp. And....it was the Scoutmaster's son!

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

BTW - when I was a kid, I was a Girl Scout. I would scout for girls.

I liked the old formulation of Girl Scout cookies, before they stopped making them with real Girl Scouts.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

When I saw the thread topic "NFHS Mechanics Question", I thought you were asking where we get our cars repaired.

Can you tell I ran out of meds?

I'd be happy to help you refill that. Just post your credit card number and PIN and I'll get that right out to you.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

I'd be happy to help you refill that. Just post your credit card number and PIN and I'll get that right out to you.

My credit card number is BR 549 and here's my PIN:

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

When I saw the thread topic "NFHS Mechanics Question", I thought you were asking where we get our cars repaired.

Can you tell I ran out of meds?

Got a lot of spare time on your hands?? Why not take over for Bruce, instead of punishing the readers of this forum??

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Got a lot of spare time on your hands?? Why not take over for Bruce, instead of punishing the readers of this forum??

Actually, I spoke with Bruce last night and he said he is scheduling all your games with him or ABC.

Have fun.

HAHAHAHA - you know that if I was doing the scheduling, I'd rotate you, me and Jesse Liebman every Saturday. Now that would be fun. Maybe we can bribe Bruce to do that. I think he likes perfumed moustache wax.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Well when you start accusing me of saying someone is being nefarious and starting defending yourself as if I was talking about you directly, I feel you need to calm down just a little.

Well, that explains it. You're wrong, but I understand now.
I said you were accusing them of nefarious motives, and was using myself as an example. Wasn't defending myself so much as providing an example of how your reason isn't the only valid one out there.

Originally Posted by Jrutledge

I just was making a point that if you cannot run a full court to do your job then maybe those officials need to cut back on what they are doing. Also officials are often characterized as "whores" because we will work several games in a day to get the biggest check for the day. As a matter of fact I hear many officials "brag" when they make over $100 in a day working some Men's league or some youth games. In some of those cases officials will work varsity or college games that very same day. And that is not about being the favorite of their assignor (in my case there is not one assignor for everything).

Yes, I know a few officials who will work 6 games on a Saturday (or more) just for the cash. I also know quite a few guys who look down on that just like you do (and I do.)

Originally Posted by Jrutledge

The amount of games you do in a day or a week is completely up to you. Not all of us are at the same level of fitness. For some officials working 3 days in a row might be a little much.

True enough.

Originally Posted by Jrutledge

I still think that way of thinking is lazy. It is no different than when officials say they do not want to rotate in a 3 person crew because they will have to run more. If you cannot do all parts of your job, you need to either not work the game or change the reason you have to "save your legs."

You'd rather they lie about it? Fact is, if I'm put into a position where I need to work more games than I'd prefer, I'm going to try to give all the kids as much effort as possible. If that means backing off on some mechanics to help pace myself so I can be effective in the last game, so be it. If not handing off a couple of timeouts is going to help me be able to keep focussed and hustle in the 4th quarter of the 5th or 6th game, well….

Originally Posted by Jrutledge

I think it is very fair. When the vast majority of officials that I come in contact with, have worked multiple games in a day because they were going to make an extra buck, I think it is very fair. BTW, that includes me and is the reason why I have changed even my philosophy on how many games I work and when. When I tell people I work 3 sports and their first impression is that I am gone every single night working games (which is what they do in there one sport) I think my impression is very fair. I do not know why you would be so offended. I am sure you know people that work every night and are chasing a buck. You can make a lot of money as an official.

Just because you have good solid example of dollar chasing refs does not mean every ref who works a string of games is doing it solely for the purpose of chasing that dollar. Just because we're getting paid for it doesn't mean it's the only reason we're doing it.

If my assigner tells me he's in a bind and needs me to stick around and work 4, 5, or 6 games, and my schedule permits it; I'm willing to help him out. First of all, I personally know he'd rather not have his refs do that many games, so if he's asking, he needs it and can't find anyone else.

Some are chasing the dollar and want to kill themselves every Saturday.
Some do what they can to avoid it, and won't even help out when needed.
Others will help out when needed, and trust their assigners to be honest about whether they're actually needed or not.