A new record!

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Welpe

To paraphrase a friend of mine, got to love those that treat the officials like furniture.

What association trainer wouldn't appreciate it that his/her officials "get to see more plays." Isn't that one of the chief ways officials improve? More reps...more calls...more no-calls...
However, is it reasonable to assume any official doing that many games back to back to back to back to back would be making those calls and no-calls from any sort of correct position or angle during these games/scrimmages? Is it correct to assume that proper mechanics survive the rigors of the format? Would anybody submit to this kind of slavish schedule for the loyal purpose of getting better? No.
Short-cuts and energy-conservation tactics and "easier ways to do it" to which an official must resort instill more bad habits and unapproved mechanics and just plain poor play-calling. Few if any officials can be immersed in those poor practices and then just flick the switch and turn them off when it comes time for the "real" games. The time and effort necessary for trainers to reprogram newer and veteran officials who do these days makes them more of a waste than they're worth.
I'm for anything that helps officials, me included, improve. These "reffing mill" events don't do anything but make officials less good than they were prior.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Freddy

What association trainer wouldn't appreciate it that his/her officials "get to see more plays." Isn't that one of the chief ways officials improve? More reps...more calls...more no-calls...
However, is it reasonable to assume any official doing that many games back to back to back to back to back would be making those calls and no-calls from any sort of correct position or angle during these games/scrimmages? Is it correct to assume that proper mechanics survive the rigors of the format? Would anybody submit to this kind of slavish schedule for the loyal purpose of getting better? No.
Short-cuts and energy-conservation tactics and "easier ways to do it" to which an official must resort instill more bad habits and unapproved mechanics and just plain poor play-calling. Few if any officials can be immersed in those poor practices and then just flick the switch and turn them off when it comes time for the "real" games. The time and effort necessary for trainers to reprogram newer and veteran officials who do these days more of a waste than they're worth.
I'm for anything that helps officials, me included, improve. These "reffing mill" events don't do anything but make officials less good than they were prior.

This is exactly why I only do 3 games. I know from past experience the exponential drop in quality my officiating suffers from doing any more than 3 games.