my camp experience

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by dblref
Imagine, they actually had the gall to make fun of my YANKEES cap. Where was the hospitality?

Dblref, they didn't kill you for wearing that?

I'm disappointed (not that I want you dead - but the fans are slacking!)

[dblref]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter

Dblref, they didn't kill you for wearing that?

I'm disappointed (not that I want you dead - but the fans are slacking!)

No, they just kept saying "Yankees suck!!" I also heard the expression "best team money can buy" several times. My wife did not even want to walk with me because of the "abuse". I have been married to that lovely woman for 35 years, so I guess I am really a glutton for punishment.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by dblref

No, they just kept saying "Yankees suck!!" I also heard the expression "best team money can buy" several times

Nothing wrong with preaching the truth!

Can I get an amen, Chuck??

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by dblref
I have been married to that lovely woman for 35 years, so I guess I am really a glutton for punishment.

Sounds like she's the glutton for punishment.

Sorry, but you set yourself up for that one!

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Can I get an amen, Chuck??

AMEN!!

[rockyroad]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

AMEN!!

Even we Mariners fans will give an Amen to that!!!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by rockyroad

Even we Mariners fans will give an Amen to that!!!

Geeze,guys,you wanna know what the big difference here is?

Class!!!

You guys have "bobblehead" days. The Yankees have "Celibriduck" days.Yup,this Wednesday is "Jason Giambi Celibriduck Day" at the Stadium!You get this waycool plastic duckie,with Giambi's body on it.You throw that sucker in the tub with you,and you can do all kinds of things.You can make waves and sail it to the end of the tub;you can push it under and watch it pop right back up;you can even blow bubbles around it and watch it bob up and down(that one can be a little crude,depending on how you make the bubbles).Yessir,you don't see that in Seattle and Boston!

Why,they asked?

1)If they gave you an Ichiro celibiducky,it'd probably bomb your soap when you're not looking!
2)All the Bosox celibriduckies got recalled by the factory.Seems they have this tendency to sink completely out of sight every September!

[mick]

Originally posted by JRutledge
I have had this very discussion with officials that ... have achieved much more than you or I, so I guess they are wrong too.

Actually, Rut... very few officials have approached Jurassic Ref's officiating experience.
mick

[dblref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Don't know about you guys, but when I have company in the tub, it sure ain't a Jason Giabi Celibiduck.

[dblref]

Originally posted by BktBallRef

Sounds like she's the glutton for punishment.

Sorry, but you set yourself up for that one!

You're right Tony. I think she stays with me because I let her do whatever she wants to and I give (actually she takes) all my $$$$$$$.

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by mick

Actually, Rut... very few officials have approached Jurassic Ref's officiating experience.
mick

Level mick, not years. There is a difference, at least to me there is. If I have pro and D1 college officials level officials telling me what it takes to be an official, do you think I might take their advice over others that may not have achieved that level?

I just attended a Football camp this weekend and the Supervisor of Officials for the NCAA and Big Ten Dave Parry was there, along with several Big 10 Officials (at least two crew Chiefs), Gateway Officials and MAC Officials. Every D1 guy I talked to about achieving that level or becoming a good official, were the same things I said here. They did not say this because I made it up, they said it because that is what they live by and how they got to the point or level they officiate. This was a Football Camp and the very same things that they talk about in achieving that level or maintaining that level, apply to the same things I have heard from D1 Basketball Officials. But when I talk about "presence" or dealing with people as bing very important, I get ripped appart. That is fine, but if D1 guys are telling me in Football, "rules knowledge will not save you, your personality or the way you deal with people will." I guess a D1 Football Crew Chief does not know what success is all about? That was the point.


Peace

[mick]

Originally posted by JRutledge

Level mick, not years.

YU.P., Rut.
Level. That's what I'm talking about.
He's been where you may git, but I'm too old and too far away to git.
In fact, if he had a feather and you and I had his resume, all three of us would be tickled.
mick

[JRutledge]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mick

YU.P., Rut.
Level. That's what I'm talking about.
He's been where you may git, but I'm too old and too far away to git.
In fact, if he had a feather and you and I had his resume, all three of us would be tickled.
mick

Mick,

Everything you say might be true. But the officials in my area have achieved all levels. Because we have so many college conferences, so many college conference assignors, so many pro officials whose origin comes from this area, JR is not someone I would be listening to only. That is why when you look at Referee Magazine and see the number of officials that have achieved Pro and College levels, you see many are from the area I call home. Not only that, many are members of an association that I belong to. So I rub elbows with guys that are all over the map on experience and levels. I have never heard one of them say the things that JR does consistently about what it takes to be an official at those levels. Maybe it is a coincidence, maybe not. I will let you decide that. I have never achieved that level, and maybe I never will. But at least I know that what I say comes from officials much greater than myself.

Peace

[mick]

Originally posted by JRutledge
I will let you decide that. I have never achieved that level, and maybe I never will. But at least I know that what I say comes from officials much greater than myself.

Rut,
I live there. Everything I learn from other officials "comes from officials much greater than myself".
mick

[JRutledge]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mick

Rut,
I live there. Everything I learn from other officials "comes from officials much greater than myself".
mick

That is why I am the biggest thief. I always (do not have a heart attack Tony) talk about things that come other official's ideas and philosophies. I never (yes Tony never too ) talk about things I have not heard other officials talk about or have as "what they do" to be successful.

Peace