What are your thoughts on offcials and their interaction with fans?(m)

[Hunter Johnson]

Originally Posted by MadCityRef

I was in the same position (seat) at the University of Oregon. Some refs were great, most were indifferent. I was threatened with ejection just once in 12 years. (Started young!)

Because of that experience I am able to tune out the heckles and jeers. Rarely do I interact with fans.

Worked a game in a small town recently; when our names were announced the fans applauded. Wow, how cool!, I thought. My cynical side immediately thought, 'you might want to hold that applause until you see me work.' Then I had a sucky game.

Btw, if you see a Ducks home game today, it's a funeral home in comparison to how we rocked the joint.

We are able to find out who the officials are a few hours before the game. If it's one of the officials we really like(Tony Greene, Doug Sirmons, Ted Valentine, Bert Smith, Joe Lindsay, Anthony Jordan), we will sometimes make signs that say something like "Mark's Madness welcomes Tony Greene". They seem to get a kick out of it.