need advice

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by representing

But in the end, I did feel like an idiot that maybe I did get the call wrong.

Get used to it. That is, get used to having additional information given to you (or by you) on OOB plays (depending on the specific location of the play and the officials). It happens several times a season to all of us. You shouldn't feel like an idiot on this.

Originally Posted by representing

I'm not that type and I may be hanging up my whistle soon just for that reason. I kiss no one's A$$ just to move forward.

I mean this with all respect, but given your posts here (on the rules and mechanics), I'm not sure you are as good as you think you are. Having a healthy ego is fine, and needed to be a good official. Having an over-inflated ego is not. And, given your attitude toward "politics", it might be best for you if you did step away for a while.

Originally Posted by representing

I Found out he doesn't have an email address, so should I call him at his listed phone number to talk to him? Just looking for advice, which is a little OT from the OP.

Nothing good can come of this, and the fact that you even thought about it for more than a nano-second means that you care too much what the coaches think ("feel") about you and are in this to "please the coaches." Until you are in it only to do the best job you can *for the game* and let the coaches think / feel what they want you will not advance. It's a paradox -- you can't make the coaches happy until you don't care if they are happy.

[Vinski]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Until you are in it only to do the best job you can *for the game* and let the coaches think / feel what they want you will not advance. It's a paradox -- you can't make the coaches happy until you don't care if they are happy.

This is right on. I believe that you absolutely must let no outside influences affect your judgment or management of the game. If you do, it will lead to trouble. If you don’t, you will be recognized and respected.

Rep, I know that these may have been some tough pills to swallow, but heed the advice given. As a ref it is imperative that you listen to input from your brethren. It will make you better.

[representing]

Thanks for all the tips, criticisms and advice. I want to be honest about last night, I went to the bar with some of my officiating buddies, and I may have had a few too much that I just did not control myself properly. For that, I apologize for the way my attitude was expressed through the posts in this thread.