Tim Higgins?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

He's had his 30+ years at the D1 level. Time to go be a conference supervisor and give someone else a chance.

So, if you were a conference supervisor, are you telling me you would knowingly get rid of a known commodity, a great official, simply to make a spot available on the roster to "give someone a chance"? As a supervisor, you are paid to put the best officials out there on the floor, not simply give people chances.

Now, if you break down the tapes and see because Tim is struggling to get up and down the floor, he was out of position and missed "X" calls, while the other members of his crew missed less, then now you have a legitimate reason to remove him from the staff. To simply remove him because "he's had his 30+ years" might be a way to also see you lose your job as supervisor. My guess is, even though he might be slower than before, there are other areas of the game where he still excels, such as call selection and communication, and that's why supervisors continue to use him. When the negatives outweigh the positives, then I'm sure you will see him retire. But not simply because of a number, such as age or number of years officiating.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

He would be a very valuable person at clinics, camps, and as an observer.

Isn't he already a valuable person at clinics and camps? Is being a clinician mutually exclusive to being a good D-1 official?

So, Nevada, since you've had your 10,000+ posts, isn't time you step down and give someone else a chance to be a pain in the a$$?