Buzzer beater...........oops

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Never occurred to me at the time, although it did later. He was getting a bit agitated as he asked his series of questions. "What if.....?" "Why can't we......?"

So I told him to take it easy and let's not make this any worse. He was actually quite calm then. "It's already worse. Y'all are getting reported."
I almost bit at this point, but I didn't. (Oh, yeah? What's the report gonna say?) He calmly stated a fact about his intentions regarding the situation. I still don't see a T here.

I've always considered any threat of post game reporting to be as close to automatic as it gets. Sort of like the "I'm going to give you a 1" (or whatever the lowest rating is).

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Adam

I've always considered any threat of post game reporting to be as close to automatic as it gets. Sort of like the "I'm going to give you a 1" (or whatever the lowest rating is).

I understand what you're saying, but here's why I don't consider this a threat.
If you are threatened with a low rating, that's one thing. Here, the cards we have now don't even have a place for rating various categories like the cards we formerly used. They merely have the names of the officials and their ratings (registered, approved, certified) date, and teams involved. They don't even have the assignor's contact information any more. I've taken an informal survey, and 9 out of 10 coaches throw them in the trash. If he wants to report something which he considers improper and/or out of the ordinary, I think that's exactly what he should do. He stated a fact. I didn't, and still don't, feel threatened in the least.