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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good: Nobody got hurt
The Bad: T'd home coach not three minutes in for yelling "Those were two HORRIBLE calls!" He thought my partner missed an OOB call, and he also thought we missed a FT violation (ball not hitting the rim. I asked my partner and he said it looked like it did from his position (trail)). The coach thanked me for the technical. He was great the rest of the game, shook my hand and apologized after. The Ugly: When the buzzer for the end of the third quarter sounded, I was on the endline. Sitting in the corner off that same endline was a game management person. I'm gathering the ball and starting to head toward the division line when he gets up and yells "Hey stripes! You're calling too many fouls we're on a time limit here! We've got another game after this!" The AD saw the whole thing happen, and actually added to the game management person's complaints, saying the same sort of thing. I say to the AD, hey, I can't have this sort of thing, please remove him. The AD says to me, well we can't really do that.........he's the principal. I've never had anything this bad...the fans were bad as well...with parents from the winning school taunting the far inferior losing school. I couldn't get out of there soon enough. |
Nothing bad about that technical. That's as righteous as it gets.
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Peace |
I would write up the entire exchang with the AD and principal up and let your assigner know. That's inexcusable.
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For real: "Sir, it's not my concern how many games are scheduled. We're not going to cheat the kids out of a good game just so you can get home early." :mad: |
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Look under Forms and Reports and click on Special Report and go from there. Peace |
Thrown, Pushed, And Pulled, From Under The Bus ...
Prep school doubleheader yesterday. I'm watching the game after mine. The athletic director comes over and sits with me and proceeds to tell me what a horrible job one of the officials is doing, and how, when I go into the locker room after the game, I should tell this official what he was doing wrong.
After the game I went into the locker room, chatted about a few plays with the two officials, said goodbye, went out to my car, and called my commissioner from the parking lot. I did not reveal the name of the official who was given the negative critique by the athletic director, nor did I go into the specific complaints, but I did tell my commissioner that this was the most unprofessional conduct that I've seen from any athletic director in my thirty years of officiating. He agreed with me, and thanked me for the phone call, and the information. This is one athletic director that won't be getting any favors from our commissioner any time soon. |
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The Commish Will Take Care Of It ...
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So no one will be addressing it with the AD. The commissioner just "won't be getting any favors." Sounds like an excellent way to handle it.
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It Will Be Handled, I Guarantee It ...
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Is the opinion of the AD as to the quality of the officiating that important?
Your opinion is noted, but I doubt you are qualified to criticize. |
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