Why are we reluctant to call Ts?

[RecRef]

Originally posted by Josh Ovens

my question to you is, what if he was 20 year vet, would you have done the same thing?
you know, i think as a rookie, sometimes you have to learn and live YOUR own mistakes. hes gonna haev to get a feel for what his FINE LINE is gonna be. maybe the coach did cross it that night, but i m sure he went home and thought abuot it, which is important.

I cannot speak for the rest of the country but to become a varsity ref in my association takes many years. Years of evaluation at the Frosh and JV levels, working with varsity officials who will file written reports on you to both the BOD, the assigner(s), with a copy going to the ref. BTW, written evaluations are also used between varsity officials. So, contrary to what I said about the bright lights, by the time one gets to doing varsity games he/she is no rookie.

As to the coach going home and thinking about it, yes he will. “I got away with it tonight; I’ll do it again another time.”