Officials bashing other officials.....
 

Hey guys...gals hows it going? I don't know if this is relevant in your association or organization but I cannot stand when other officials say how much better of an official they are than another. I am currently in a very large organization one of the biggest in the country from what I have heard and every game I go to there is just another "story" talked about either pre game/halftime/or post game. I know yes I do get a kick out of other people bragging about themselves getting to officiate a top high school team or something along those lines. But really am I the only one that gets told these things? It just annoys me to hear others bash the fellow officials. Especially if you have to work with this guy hs,rec,or whatever. I know it is offseason but by me there is a lot of work still going around with aau, adult leagues, rec ball, and anything in between! Anyway I can not be the only one in this situation!

In my previous association, there were a couple of officials who would get discussed, but not many. I really don't see it in my current group, other than "he's/she's pretty good." Even the exceptions are more about demeanor than officiating.

Are you in Northern VA? LOL

Nope lol

Well, it sounds like you could be! :rolleyes:

Thanks BNR!

From my experiences both near & far, officials (for the most part) are the most gossipy, rumor spreading, school girl in the cafeteria bunch I have ever been associated with.

It comes with the territory. I would not be upset or alarmed by this. There are always going to be people with egos think someone should not be doing something that they are doing. This is not anything specific to an association or area of officiating as there are always people that cannot handle it when others are advancing past them or they are not where they think they should be. We all have egos to do this in the first place, but some do not have them in check.

Peace

I have been abused by several and it has hurt me very bad as I have been seeing some psy doctors and they put me on some medication. If I get better I might be at the NIT tomorrow with curtis, see you on the tube idiots

You're a NCAA-W official right? The Women's NIT is tonight and Friday.

Our local kids rec league had an official a few years ago who was the topic of discussion every time any of the officials who worked that league got together, especially if the officials were fairly young and inexperienced. They would discuss everything from how that official dressed to that official's demeanor to that official's appearance. Of course, it was because that official was a hot college co-ed. :D

Easiest way to deal with this type of stuff is to simply not participate. When others start "bashing" on people in your Association, simply change the subject to a story about you. Or just walk away. Once people start letting others know that it isn't acceptable, people will stop doing it. It's a slow process, but I've seen it work.

+1

Control what you can control

+1

People will still do it, they just will not do it in your presence.

Peace

:DCan I get an AMEN!

Or in the presence of others who begin to emulate you...or in the presence of the others who begin to emulate them..and on and on.

Only takes one person to start a change.

I do not disagree with you that you can influence others, but that is just the nature of what we do and the competition of it. There are newer officials that come in and think they should be working the top games yesterday and will tell you about it. I almost always try to steer people away from those kinds of conversations but they still have them anyway. There are always going to be negative people that see something and try to nitpick it. We have people here that go crazy if an official does one little thing that is not "perfect" in the mechanics books or standard. Heck even here we cannot agree on how rules should be applied, so why would I expect people to think someone working a game is not going to come with negative comments from time to time. I am not saying I condone it; just do not believe we can ultimately do anything about it. You can change your little neck of the woods in a little way, but there will always be a contingent that are bitter and have negative things to say about others. Usually that is because most people do not like to look in the mirror and figure out why they have not achieved certain levels, but blame others or a system for their failures.

Peace

There's more to come, jake. You're now officially a running joke on this forum.

You've gone where few have gone before. You have attained Old School status here. :)

Not as big a joke as a bunch of idiots that fall for every post an idiot makes Ha Ha Ha................................................ ...................Got ya big dogs!

So when do you arrive in Indianapolis?

Tonight at 6PM

How So?
 

Ya talked trash and got caught. I don't see a "gotcha" moment there.

Cardinal
 

Bad News are you talking about guys that are in Cardinal or IAABO #12 ?????

I did not figure yall would get it, Curtis think it is very funny. Seyou in Johns room for the card game.

Why is he in Indianapolis and not Houston?:confused:

You really involved Curtis Shaw in this? Really???

Peace

Who do you think keeps erasing his posts?

Shaw has that power? Wow.

Please post in English.

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This is why slang is used in many dictionaries too. :D

Peace

He forgot the apostrophe. That is what confused everyone.

Or maybe misspelling 'yawl'?

You guys need to find you a good woman to help you out with your problem! Can you find one???? I got 3 here with Curtis and John, we will be heading to Houston at about 3PM if you want a ride ,come on down! Ha HA HA...............

I think it's Cardinal, or whoever had all the AAU games at the complex up there.

We need a life yet you come on here and don't post a single thing about real basketball. Those 3 women you got there must not be goddesses.

But they have tiger blood. And maybe even some cobra venom.

Nevertheless, big jake is still WINNING! DuHH

I thought you were going to Indy? You're a little confused, aren't you?

I'm sure Curtis is so proud that you troll officiating sites. Oh and since you haven't elaborated who this is, I'm assuming that Curtis is the guy that sells you LSD in bulk.

BI-WINNING!

Is your friend M&M in this organization? :D

Will all due respect we have had "confirmed" D1 officials who not only we know their name, we know what conferences they work. And those individuals either cut back on their talking on this site because they did not want to get into any trouble for what they say on a semi-social network. I know many people that are friends on FB and they never talk about their games or the people they work for or with directly. And you want us to believe that you are with Curtis Shaw and John Adams is hanging out with each other? OK, whatever you say? And people here need a woman?

Earlier you did not know who assigned the league and now you are hanging out with two people (one lives in Indy, but it hitching a ride with you). And something tells me that one of these individuals would not be likely hanging out with someone you claim to be based on things he has said openly. I will say this place is certainly entertaining.

Peace

Maybe, but jakey ceased being entertaining a long time ago.

It is entertaining to me that a guy that did not know who assigned a league one minute now is riding with some pretty big guys for the Final Four. Sorry, but that is hilarious to me!!! It does not have to be funny to anyone else. :)

Peace

Sad is a better description.

Who am I to judge? I've fed my share of trolls.

Agreed.

Depends on the area you are in :eek:

Got the 3 ladys from Charlie Harper, we are almost at the Texas state line, if you guys need any help just let me know.

Please feel free to tell me about what you think of Houston. I am just dying to know your thoughts.

Let us know when you want to talk about basketball and/or officiating.

Someone else will have to tell me.

We'll just keep quoting him, you know, so you don't miss anything important.

It's called "Eagle Syndrome" for me! ;)

or inflatable

If he keeps deleting his posts, you won't have anything to quote anyway.

Good thing Snaqs lets us know what is going on.

I think Curtis Shaw figured out his password and hacked his account to delete everything.

Ooh, ooh, I can do this one. I used to work for a Houston-based company.

I'd also love to hear what he thinks about my hometown. :D

Sad.

just sad.

Today IS April Fool's Day. Maybe he's really a Big Joke.

This has got out of hand... I dont even know what you all are talking about now lol. But I dont think anyone on here is in my organization.

There are many in the officiating avocation who seem to enjoy criticizing others. These officials tend to be insecure with how their career is progressing and find the need to pick everyone's game apart in order to make themself feel better about their lack of success, etc.

I choose NOT to associate myself with those indivdiuals. Just remember, it is easy to get all of your calls right from the stands. Not so easy when you are in the heat of battle.

And does youse belong to any organization in particular? :cool:

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Haha found that somewhat amusing!