Newspaper Article

[Freddy]

Responses and reactions like that are popular around here in the online media where anonymity protects the writer and the "fanboy" perspective reigns supreme, and I gotta admit, they're often a real hoot to read. Never saw anything like that in print that I can recall.
Another reason why having video of officials shot by officials is a neat thing. Association or assigner sends video to the state for their review and they can make their own assessment in comparison to the inflammatory article. And if video validates there's a crew that should be sent out to pasture . . . well . . .

[Mark Padgett]

Based on what he wrote, apparently the moronic newspaper writer (who is also the sports editor!) doesn't know that in HS ball, a team can be in the bonus in the first half. He should be writing for some tabloid you find at the checkout counter.

Oh yeah - he says he's been covering basketball for three years. Three whole years! I guess that makes him an expert.

[Adam]

Meanwhile, this thread has probably doubled his lifetime readership.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Hack sportswriter

I will be writing a letter to the MHSAA concerning this officiating crew.

Thanks for being fan of high school basketball.

[stiffler3492]

Seemed more like a column than a game story, but I agree, his comments seem totally out of line.

I saw something like that in a local paper near my new hometown. I think there's a reason small town journalists never rise above that level.

[Rich]

Morons like the commenters show up at every basketball game I work. Without any video, there's no way of knowing what kind of job these guys did. 80 years of experience means nothing to me -- it could be that maybe these guys can't keep up anymore. Maybe not.

(Last night I had a lady in the corner who had this grating voice and all she did was whine and complain about "fouls" we weren't calling and other things that showed her complete lack of basketball intelligence. I told my partner that if she was my wife, I'd probably mix myself a rat poison cocktail.)

That said, I can't believe how unprofessional it is for a writer for a paper to spend this much time writing a hack piece on the officials, no matter their quality. Someone needs a huge dose of perspective. I drove home last night, over 100 miles, on snow covered roads. It took me over 3 hours to get home. I have a check in hand for $115 (including $50 mileage money). Anyone who thinks we're doing this for the money (especially those of us who travel long distances to work varsity games) is a complete fool.

We have a guy here locally who does a pretty good job in the newspaper, but the other night wrote a series of tweets while covering a game that really hammered the officiating crew. To be fair, I looked up who was on the game and I'm sure some of what he wrote was the truth -- however, what good does it do for guys like this (and the writer of this article) to write crap like this?

Anyhow, as more media finds its way onto the web, I guess we're going to continue to see the BleacherReport-ization of sports reporting, where anyone who has the time and inclination to write complete crap that gets page views will continue to do so.

[yooperbballref]

Originally Posted by Rich

I drove home last night, over 100 miles, on snow covered roads. It took me over 3 hours to get home. I have a check in hand for $115 (including $50 mileage money). Anyone who thinks we're doing this for the money (especially those of us who travel long distances to work varsity games) is a complete fool.

Funny you happen to say that... this game the two of them went 100 ONE WAY and when got there they were handed a check for 60 dollars (50 for the game and 10 for mileage) what a joke!!!!