Local politics blues

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

+1
and... those officials can be trusted to call the game exactly as the coaches want.

Originally Posted by GROUPthink

Good job or the job the coaches want? If a coach shows his backside, will a crew in your area hesitate to whack/eject the coach because the coach has influence over the assignor?

From what I have seen (in my area only) I would say a fair job. And I mean fair as unbiased, not "less than good". I believe my current association has a lot of integrity compared with the association that lost these districts. I don't agree with how much power the coaches have as far as who officiates their games. I know during district play, coaches can simply scratch an assigned official because they don't know who they are. I certainly don't like it, but I am also not prepared to join the political ranks to do anything about it either, so I would just be a hypocrite if I complained about it. It is what it is.

But I also never liked how much power the coaches have in Portland when it comes to state tourney assignments. I assume this happens all over the place. The one thing I have asked my assigner to do is get me in front of some of these coaches in the pre-season and before district play so I have a better chance to not get scratched from a district game. Then it's up to me to do a good job.