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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by btaylor64

You have to have somewhat of an arrogance and ego to do this job, but to not take criticism from a very well respected referee, is astonishing to me!

Agree completely. Most good officials are alpha dogs. You'd damn-well better have a lot of self-confidence when you've got 20,000 idiots at the game and many, many more idiots watching on tv (including the ones that write columns) second-guessing your every move. But you also have to learn that we all report to someone, and that someone is always gonna get the final say.

You have to have a big ego, but you can't let that big ego get in the way of learning. And we never stop learning.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You have to have a big ego, but you can't let that big ego get in the way of learning.

Ah, the magic formula! If only it were as easy to do as to write, we'd all be D1 officials!