Thrown into the fire...

[archangel]

Originally Posted by Coltdoggs

....League Admin asked me if I'd jump in and we'd finish the game with 3 refs....I said sure, knowing I was going into the fire and feeling bad for my two Ps as it probably made them look bad to everybody in the place....but they really needed a 3rd set of eyes......

I could see it if it was a V or maybe, maybe, a JV game, that for whatever reason, only had 2 officials, but 7th grade?
It sounds like you didnt know the officials and its possible that they didnt know 3 man mechanics, which adds another mental element to their "game".
We've all had crazy games like this, and at this level, how would you feel if an "unknown to you" official injected themselves into your game? What did your P's say after the game?
League Admin can ask all they want, but asking is 1 thing, getting another.....
Considering that the 2nd half was a continuation of the 1st, your presence didnt change things much so....no good deed goes unpunished..

[Coltdoggs]

Originally Posted by archangel

I could see it if it was a V or maybe, maybe, a JV game, that for whatever reason, only had 2 officials, but 7th grade?
It sounds like you didnt know the officials and its possible that they didnt know 3 man mechanics, which adds another mental element to their "game".
We've all had crazy games like this, and at this level, how would you feel if an "unknown to you" official injected themselves into your game? What did your P's say after the game?
League Admin can ask all they want, but asking is 1 thing, getting another.....
Considering that the 2nd half was a continuation of the 1st, your presence didnt change things much so....no good deed goes unpunished..

Arch..I knew both Ps...worked with them both before on 2-man at this place...They are both good guys and good officials....one does HS and is more familiar w/ 3-man than I...I agree not having the total comfort of 3-man rotation was in my head...but we made the best of it and made it work.

Ps were a bit pissed at game admin for adding the 3rd official...I woulda felt the same way and I felt bad going into it in the middle of the game...but they didn't hold me accountable for that. As for the T, they both said it was warranted. I was just curious why they didn't T him in the first half....it appeared to me they had a few opportunities..

[Adam]

Hopefully the two Ps can come out of this and learn a lesson rather than be pissed. They didn't take care of business, and the game got out of hand to the point where admn felt they needed to add a third. That's just not fair to the third guy, to be honest. If I were you, after watching the first half and change, I'd have rung him up early in that exchange. It was obvious you were going to have to, no sense giving him extra rope when you know exactly what he's going to do with it.

Sometimes you just have to play whack-a-mole.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Hopefully the two Ps can come out of this and learn a lesson rather than be pissed. They didn't take care of business, and the game got out of hand to the point where admn felt they needed to add a third. That's just not fair to the third guy, to be honest. If I were you, after watching the first half and change, I'd have rung him up early in that exchange. It was obvious you were going to have to, no sense giving him extra rope when you know exactly what he's going to do with it.

Sometimes you just have to play whack-a-mole.

Had they, it probably would have been 2-man for the whole game.