Welmer out...

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by tomegun

1) There are many officials in D1 who have got by for a long time on their personality and a feel for the game. Officiating has been moving from an art to a science for a while and John Adams is furthering this cause. Welmer is just one of those guys.

Most of the time when I speak up about Welmer it is when someone mentions him as a great official. That, in my opinion, is bull pucky.

1) Yup, and I think that Ed Hightower and Ted Valentine are "one of those guys" too. Personality and a feel for the game is part of what makes all of them good officials. Hightower is starting to labor when he runs also. But all three of those guys can still do a helluva good job imo. Hell, take away their personalities and feel for the game and I personally don't think that they'd be anywhere near as good as they are.

2) And right there was the point that I was trying to make. What you think about Welmer is only your opinion. That doesn't make it fact. And if you feel that other officials are great even though they might share a lot of Welmer's attributes, hey, that's your opinion also and that doesn't make it a fact either. Personally, I'd hate to see the "art" part of both Valentine's and Hightower's game diminish; I don't think that either would be anywhere near as good as they are now if they went by "science" alone.

I just kinda find it funny that you'll take any opportunity that you can find to crap on some officials but you absolutely worship other guys and would never admit that they might be....well... human also.

And that's my opinion.