Your Signal Peeves?

[fullor30]

Holiday tournies are special in the Chicago area with many great venues and teams. I reffed in a few so far and watched a few. The other day at a morning game the crew looked like they were in the elephants graveyard, where old, tired bulls go to die. Pet peeve of the day was no mechanics, beckoning of subs consisted of a tired, small finger wave to bring them in as if it was an annoyance to him that he had to do it. They were totally bored, I've seen better interest at a third grade park district game.

Day after Christmas so maybe the all had too much turkey.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Holiday tournies are special in the Chicago area with many great venues and teams. I reffed in a few so far and watched a few. The other day at a morning game the crew looked like they were in the elephants graveyard, where old, tired bulls go to die. Pet peeve of the day was no mechanics, beckoning of subs consisted of a tired, small finger wave to bring them in as if it was an annoyance to him that he had to do it. They were totally bored, I've seem better interest at a third grade park district game.

Day after Christmas so maybe the all had too much turkey.

I used to license in Illinois and come down and work some holiday games. We'd always do a morning game at one venue and an afternoon/evening game on the way home. I'll admit, it's hard to get the motor going for a 10AM game. But I know the crews you're talking about -- guys that you'd really worry about if one of the three officials went down with an injury.