People Skills...

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by JRutledge
I am glad you have claimed that you know what everyone that is an official thinks. I am glad you have had conversations with officials here and outside here and have come to a conclusion that we all should and do think alike.

Jeff, we've been down this road, and I admitted that you were correct on this point. I cannot know what everybody actually thinks. I can only know what they've written here on the board. So I've been saying that nobody has ever seriously said (whether they believe it or not) that good rule knowledge is the only thing necessary to make a good official. So my request was that you quote a post where somebody seriously stated that position. You have not done that.

Additionally, as Tony pointed out, you were the one who originally made a statement about what people think.

All I want to know is how you know that? That's all I've been asking in this thread. And you refuse to answer, b/c you don't know it at all. You only say it b/c it somehow makes you look good. Even tho, as I've said repeatedly, it's obviously false. You should have the courage and the maturity to admit that you spoke too quickly and you were in error. But for some reason, you refuse to do that as well.

Chuck