and I appreciate you for that sir!

Right? Maybe...what I do know is this:

You are me a "few" years ago. I cost myself the opportunity to move to "the next level" because I didn't know when to shut the hell up.

If I can help someone else not make that same mistake, I will try to do that.

Less is more, right. Sorry to hear about your mishap but thank you for being man enough to show me where improvement is needed in my communication!

I think he'd put mr smarty pants in his place.

Jurassic was always the voice of reason to me.

APG:

You didn't read what I said. I do not have a problem with a partner who officiates Off The Ball (OfTB) out of his PCA. When there are ten players on the court and the game is being officiated by a Two-Person Crew (TwPC), that type of officiating is very important. But if the OfTB official is a Ball Watcher, then there can and will be problems. I and many other esteemed members of this Forum have stated before, when an official is Ball Watching outside of his PCA, bad things can and will happen.

Tref gives me the vib that he is a Ball Watcher. The Three-Person Crew (ThPC) was created so that there will be times when there will be two eyes On The Ball (OnTB) and four eyes OfTB, and that there will be times when there will be four eyes OnTB and two eyes OfTB. In the latter situation there will one official will be considered the Primary Official OnTB and the other official will be considered the Secondary Official OnTB, and ball and location and where the play started will dictate who is who (or is it whom is what, LOL?); that type of knowledge comes from experience.

MTD, Sr.

Jugs:

I am getting senile. What is "ftw'? If you have to PM with your answer go ahead.

MTD, Sr.

Message to Tref.
 

There is Mark, me (Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., aka MTD, Sr.) and Mark Padgett and everybody addresses as Mark or Padgett when talking to or about Padgett, and when taking to about me, I am addessed as Mark, MTD, Sr., Mark, Sr. (there is a Mark, Jr./MTD, Jr./Junior/Mark that officiates with me and who more often than not has to carry my broken down old tuchus up and down the basketball court, and always takes the Plate when we umpire togehter), "bald old geezer", or "senile bald old geezer".

This school year is my 41st year as a boys'/girls' H.S. (includes Jr. H.S.) basketball official; I started with the 1971-72 school year. I officiated women's college basketball from the 1974 to 2008, and men's college basketball from 1993 to 2008. I was a USA Basketball (that's FIBA Rules) from 1993 to 2003.

I was the first male to officiate women's college basketball in the state of Florida and one of the first to officiate women's college basketball in the Southeast USA, back before you were a twinkle in your old man's eye. I have officiated over 20 Div. I and over 20 jr. coll. women's playoff games. I have officiated over 40 AAU and YBOA Boys' and Girls' National Championship Tournaments including three YBOA Girls' National Championship Games.

I was on the 1999 Officiating Staff for the Special Olympics World Summer Games. And in March I will officiate in my 21st Ohio Special Olympics State Final Four.

Those are my accomplishments on the court. And I have even brought up my friend (and peers) that I have made along the way and what I have tried to give back to the profession off of the court.

When I first started officiating I never thought about where I would end as a basketball official and I never would have dreamed that I would have done what I have done. But I know that I am lucky to have accomplished what I have, because such a small percentage ever get to do what I have done.

So yes, I do get to take a few whacks at your when I read such nonsense. Remember, I am a bald old geezer, and I can get pretty cranky when I get riled up.

MTD, Sr.

ftw = for the win :D

Took me about a year to figure that out

Toren:

Thank you.

MTD, Sr.

I apologize
 

Hey I'll be a man about it. I'm sorry MTD, Sr. I confused you with Padgett. Wont happen again & nice resume btw!! I'd be quite fortunate to achive 1/4th of what you have.

Nice, everyone made up (I'm not being sarcastic). :D

Get a room! :)

Tref:

Apology is accepted. BUT, you had better apologize to Padgett for thinking that I was him. If I know him, he is so distraught about it that he is probably out buying all new officiating clothes for this weekend. I can only hope that he posts pictures of him in his new officiating uniform, ;).

MTD, Sr.

Your credibility just went down. ;)

Snaqs:

Come on, you know that everybody knows that Padgett is the best dressed basketaball official in the world, :p.

MTD, Sr.