Juulie, I found your two 'worst officials'...

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And I am genuinely shocked and appalled that any coach would go to those extremes with 5th. grade kids just to get a win. And I am even more shocked and appalled that the coach would come on an officials' forum and brag about it. And even worse, as a supposed official you recognized that you had inexperienced youth officials that are still learning, and you took full advantage of their inexperience in your quest for the almighty win. Did it ever cross your mind to think how you would have felt as an inexperienced official if you were put into that exact same situation by some dickhead coach?

You shouldn't be anywhere near youth basketball. You're sad. And if you're going to take your personal philosophy into officiating, we really don't need you in that avocation either.

Word.

Thanks for the support.

A few points. These are 5th grade boys. When we practice my number one task is to get them to stop wrestling each other. My wife who works in a middle school says this is what 5th grade boys do CONSTANTLY.

At our practices I've stopped having scrimmages, because the boys naturally devolve into sessions of pounding on each other. They are naturally inclined to behave this way. It has been my biggest challenge with them.

re: the officials in this game. These were not youth referees. These were adults who seem to have just come to watch the game. I made some comments to them early in the game about the fouling, but they weren't interested in communicating. I was never a dickhead with them by any measure.

My frustration is that after the work I had put in with the boys during the season, that our week 1 approach would be the go to strategy in our championship game.

read juulie's summation, she communicates better than me