Whistle for a sub?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

+1

Terrible advice. Nothing positive ever comes out of wiseazz responses.

Am I the only one that noticed the extreme irony in this response?

As a general rule, I would agree wiseazz responses, and perhaps profanity, should definitely be avoided. However, a lot depends on the specific official, and the "audience". There are a few officials that can get away with those types of responses, in limited situations. I actually heard an "old-timer" in our area reply to a coach's (somewhat dumb) question: "What the f*ck are you talking about?" I could tell from the look on the coach's face that he realized he asked a dumb question, walked away, and nothing was said after that. There's no way I could ever get away with saying that, but that's not my personality.

I think everyone here knows Mark Padgett's sense of humor - I'm sure he really does use a number of those lines during some of his games. But he also knows his audience, and I'm sure his audience knows him well enough to expect it. But I couldn't get away with saying any of thoses things in a "normal" high school or college game.