Pecking order

[Texas Aggie]

I'm finding in the last few years that a number (not all, but many) of newer and/or younger officials aren't interested in hearing any comments from me and others with significant experience. A lot of us have taken the attitude now that we will speak up when asked, but aren't going to offer our viewpoint only to get an attitude back. I went to a jr. high game a few years ago to watch and critique the officials -- thinking I was there to help them out. One guy was lukewarm to my suggestions and the other one wasn't interested at all. Neither one is still around and you can be sure the assignor was made aware of everything that happened. Not that I'm the guru of critiquers around here, but the assignor knows who should be blown off and who shouldn't. The former is a very small list.

My point is not to defend people that act like they are big time or are jerks, but some have some battle wounds.