Tell us what you really think?
 

I'm visiting my daughter, son-in-law, and the new grandson (our 1st ) in St Louis. We were at a big Walmart store out in Maplewood when I saw a rather tall young lad checking out in another line. He looked familar, but I couldn't place him. I rememebered this morning. His name is John Manning, and he's a freshman BB player at SLU. He played his HS ball at Chantilly HS in NVA. I reffed him a couple years at the D3 camp in Richmond. If memory serves, somewhere in my officiating archives there exixts a dvd with me working a game with the Chantilly varsity.
Yes, it's a small world. Here's what I found to be interesting. Check out Coach Rick's comment - John Manning Biography - SLUBillikens.com - The Official Athletics Website of Saint Louis University
Rick Majerus on John Manning
"...Sometimes aggressiveness is impeded by high school officiating ... "

Comments???

Some very good coaches make the mistake of assuming their knowledge of coaching translates to officiating.

Three words: Consider the source.

Yes, just dismiss the comments of a coach who knows more about the game than most of us here.

in many cases HS officials dont let players be as physical as they are allowed and are expected to be in college.

There is a lot more banging and there are more players similar in size so coaches need to develop their players and teach them to be more aggressive. Majerus is defensive minded and that requires being aggressive especially when rebounding.

We have all seen hs officials incorrectly penalize players for simply being tall. Not saying that this is how every game was called during his time in VA, but you know that as he was developing, so were many of the officials.

And a fast car is sometimes "impeded" by a motorcycle cop.

Works for me.

Duh
 

Nor should they. After all, it's HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

thanks for the chuckle

He may know more about the X's and O's and other aspects as it relates to coaching but more than likely he doesn't know the officiating aspect of the game as well as I or many officials do. That's not to say I'd totally dismiss a coach's comments...rather I'd be measured in how much weight to put behind the comment.

Exactly. The college game is pretty different from the high school game; we also give a lot less leash to coaches in high school than college coaches get.