Timeout to vent - among other things

[jdw3018]

Wow...now that sounds fun!

[lpbreeze]

ha. now I know why ours wont let coaches make comments on arbiter.

[rockyroad]

That's ridiculous Tom. I see no value to allowing coaches to rate and post comments like that. If they're going to be allowed to do that, there should be a time frame imposed - like they can't rate/post comments for the first 48 hours after the game. I know the previous HS assignor around here did not take calls from coaches/AD's until a full 24 hours had passed - so the coaches had to go to another practice or game and couldn't just vent in the heat of the moment after the game ended. An assignor I work for now allows coaches to send in game reports immediately - so I had a game last year where the assignor called me before I was out of the locker room and had a game report in hand - the coach e-mailed it in within 5 min. of the game ending. Ridiculous.

And btw - just to reinforce you (which I know you don't need) - that coach is a grade A a$$-hole.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

That's ridiculous Tom. I see no value to allowing coaches to rate and post comments like that. If they're going to be allowed to do that, there should be a time frame imposed - like they can't rate/post comments for the first 48 hours after the game. I know the previous HS assignor around here did not take calls from coaches/AD's until a full 24 hours had passed - so the coaches had to go to another practice or game and couldn't just vent in the heat of the moment after the game ended. An assignor I work for now allows coaches to send in game reports immediately - so I had a game last year where the assignor called me before I was out of the locker room and had a game report in hand - the coach e-mailed it in within 5 min. of the game ending. Ridiculous.

And btw - just to reinforce you (which I know you don't need) - that coach is a grade A a$$-hole.

Rocky Road:

You would just love it here in Ohio. While all of the leagues and conferences have assignors. The coaches tell the assignors who they can have on their staffs. It only takes one coach to black ball and that official will not work in that league. The coaches also rate the officials and these ratings determine who officiate in the tournament. And I am not done yet: An official has to ask coaches to recommend him to the league/conference assignor.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell out of your chair because you were laughing so hard.

MTD, Sr.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rocky Road:

You would just love it here in Ohio. While all of the leagues and conferences have assignors. The coaches tell the assignors who they can have on their staffs. It only takes one coach to black ball and that official will not work in that league. The coaches also rate the officials and these ratings determine who officiate in the tournament. And I am not done yet: An official has to ask coaches to recommend him to the league/conference assignor.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell out of your chair because you were laughing so hard.

MTD, Sr.

Are you serious??? Who hires the assignors? Do the assignors have any - as the Jurassic one is fond of saying - stones???

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Are you serious??? Who hires the assignors? Do the assignors have any - as the Jurassic one is fond of saying - stones???

The member schools (principals and AD's) of the league/conference hire the assignors. If the assignors do not do as they are told by the league they won't be the assignor anymore in most cases.

MTD, Sr.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Are you serious??? Who hires the assignors? Do the assignors have any - as the Jurassic one is fond of saying - stones???

Or are they just a bunch of octopi? (What is the collective for octopus?)

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Or are they just a bunch of octopi? (What is the collective for octopus?)

Octopussi?

[TheOracle]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

An assignor I work for now allows coaches to send in game reports immediately - so I had a game last year where the assignor called me before I was out of the locker room and had a game report in hand - the coach e-mailed it in within 5 min. of the game ending. Ridiculous.

And btw - just to reinforce you (which I know you don't need) - that coach is a grade A a$$-hole.

Rocky, I had a voicemail left on my cell phone 2 years ago from an assignor. The timestamp of the voicemail was 8:55 p.m. Saturday. I was working an 8 p.m. Saturday game. The coach called at halftime of the game to complain about a T that had been given in the first half, and the assignor wanted more detail than usual in the game report from me.

Irritating? Could be. Funny? Absolutely.