Welmer out...

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I can't find it quickly, but you might be able to search for the reference. We had a hot-shot official from SoCal come in here a while back claiming their training programs were so far superior to anywhere else, and their officials likewise far superior to anywhere else, that guys were ready to work college ball in their third year.

That would be this gem of a thread. A reference to the EGSDOTU was made as well. Happy reading.

How good/bad is your association involved in politics?

[Adam]

All of socal's posts were deleted? Interesting.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

All of socal's posts were deleted? Interesting.

Self-immolation maybe?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Welpe

That would be this gem of a thread. A reference to the EGSDOTU was made as well. Happy reading.

How good/bad is your association involved in politics?

What's the EGSDOTU? I must've missed that.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

What's the EGSDOTU? I must've missed that.

It's a reverential reference to the Jurassic one, but I can't for the life of me remember what it stands for.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It's a reverential reference to the Jurassic one, but I can't for the life of me remember what it stands for.

For the life of me I can't remember what it stood for. I do know that if it came from Dan, it sureashell wasn't reverential. The only thing that Dan ever revered was the Yankees and Woody. I was rated somewhere below what you get on the bottom of your shoes when you walk through a cow pasture.

And to be perfectly clear also, that would be Woody, his dog.

I miss Dan.....

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I miss Dan.....

I do too.

And, I'm sure I speak for him when I say: STFU.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I do too.

And, I'm sure I speak for him when I say: STFU.

I think we all miss him.

I'll crawl back into my corner now.

I still wish I could remember what that stood for.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I still wish I could remember what that stood for.

STFU?

I'll e-mail you the answer.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

What's the EGSDOTU? I must've missed that.

Esteemed Grand Supreme Douchebag Of The Universe.

Dan always thought very highly of me. The lad was like a son. The son that you keep in a locked closet when company comes.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Esteemed Grand Supreme Douchebag Of The Universe.

Dan always thought very highly of me. The lad was like a son. The son that you keep in a locked closet when company comes.

Very highly indeed. The best I ever elicited from him was "elitist prick". Not exactly his A game. Not even his B.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Very highly indeed. The best I ever elicited from him was "elitist prick". Not exactly his A game. Not even his B.

Sometimes accuracy is more important than style.

[Back In The Saddle]

You cut me so deep.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by doubleringer

...but I'd take a Welmer on his 25th day in a row before a lot of other officials. That guy knows how to run a game.

Originally Posted by RichMSN

And his assignors and schools like the way he does it, too.

Originally Posted by fiasco

It wouldn't seem that the people assigning post-season games do though....

Originally Posted by biz

He's been laboring running for the last decade, but the coaches and the conference assignors obviously love him.

For my money I think he calls a good game, but one has to wonder if he had scaled down his schedule, like some of his contemporaries (Higgins and Burr to name two), he might have been able to avoid some of the injuries.

Originally Posted by fiasco

From everything I've read, he's not exactly thrilled with the prospect of going down as the best ref never to work the Big Dance...

1. He makes a lot of money and I can't fault him for that one bit.
2. He is well liked by coaches and players.
3. From an officiating standpoint he just isn't that good. His calls are just a little less obvious than what Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles would call. I'm talking about from a scientific standpoint, which is where the game is going.
4. With Dale Kelly losing some conferences and his injuries, he may never make it back to where he once was. I wonder what Curtis Shaw thinks of him. At any rate, I don't think he will be hurting for money if he hangs them up right now. I think he also runs and/or owns a golf course or two.