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[Ignats75]

The opposite would happen here with most assignors. request not to see someone and that coach is pretty much guaranteed to see that official. A friend of mine who is the GV coach as a state ranked school gave her assignor a list of three officials she would prefer to not see. Guess who showed up to do the first conference game of the year? Yep. The three. It was a nice learning experience for her. I tried to warn her.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

The opposite would happen here with most assignors. request not to see someone and that coach is pretty much guaranteed to see that official. A friend of mine who is the GV coach as a state ranked school gave her assignor a list of three officials she would prefer to not see. Guess who showed up to do the first conference game of the year? Yep. The three. It was a nice learning experience for her. I tried to warn her.

One thing I love about areas like this -- the assignors work for the officials as much as for the schools and don't act like their jobs are in jeopardy every time a coach screeches at them.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

The opposite would happen here with most assignors. request not to see someone and that coach is pretty much guaranteed to see that official.

Not all assignors have the same policy or handle these situations the same way, nor should they. We have many conferences that have 12 teams or more and we are only going to work 3 or 4 games for a particular assignor anyway. So if a coach bans you there are so many other places to go. I feel if you are not banned from some place you are not doing your job anyway. I learned a long time ago if you are banned from some place you probably passed a bunch of schools to get to them anyway. And unlike conference assigning they do not control assigning tournaments or post season. So be careful what you wish for.

Peace