New thread: Karl Hess out of ACC

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by johnny d

I think a suspension is merited, not firing, unless it has happened before and he has already been disciplined for it before. I am pretty sure Hess just didn't single the guy out and say what he said for no reason. The guy was probably acting like an ******* the entire game. Was it professional behavior on Hess's part, of course not, but if the criteria is that we have to be completely professional 100% of the time, than there wouldn't be anybody left to officiate the games. Which brings me to another point, what kind of douche bag insults another person all game long and then cries on social media when the person responds?

Believe me, I am one of those officials who doesn't believe we have to take sh!t from coaches and fans and stand there stoned face. I am very sarcastic, and I have a quick, biting wit. Unfortunately, that may work well at parties or shut up loudmouths at sports bars, but it's not what will keep me employed as an official (not great for marriages either). If he leaves the bigoted part of his statement out, then I see it being only a suspension. But he threw in the word "Eygptian". What is the purpose of that? Would it have been alright to say "fat", or "retarded", or "crackhead", or "orphaned" or "brown a$$"? Hess crossed a line.

Hess is from Virginia, so I know a lot of officials who know him personally, on and off the court. So far it has been unanimous that Hess does not socially interact on the same wave length as the general populous. He is known for making statements that only he finds funny, that most others find offensive or inappropriate.

So I am guessing this is not the first time Hess has said something to somebody (supervisor/official/AD/Coach/school president/fan/ball boy) that was out of line. This may just be the last straw, and a straw that would have been the first and last for many of us.