Thank you all

som44

Though I don't post very often I do use this sight for education etc. I recently got assigned my first state playoff game (six years patched) and attribute much of it to this site. Thanks all for taking the time to make this site a valuable learning tool.

Jurassic Referee

Congratulations. You get the props, not us.

btaylor64

Well congratulations! Thats great to hear.

tjones1

Congratulations! Be sure to tell us how it went! Good luck and have fun out there!!

Splute

Awesome!! Its always great to hear success stories. Congratz!!!

JRutledge

som44 wrote
Though I don't post very often I do use this sight for education etc. I recently got assigned my first state playoff game (six years patched) and attribute much of it to this site. Thanks all for taking the time to make this site a valuable learning tool.

Congratulations on your big assignment.

Give yourself some credit for knowing what to do and what not to do. We do not have all the answers. I am sure you were doing things we had nothing to do with. Enjoy your games, they should be fun.

Peace

Mark Padgett

So is the check in the mail, or what?

rockyroad

Congrats! Be sure to give us some info after all the games are done!

fullor30

som44 wrote
Though I don't post very often I do use this sight for education etc. I recently got assigned my first state playoff game (six years patched) and attribute much of it to this site. Thanks all for taking the time to make this site a valuable learning tool.

I am humbled. What State?

lpbreeze

Guam.

ILRef80

som44 wrote
Though I don't post very often I do use this sight for education etc. I recently got assigned my first state playoff game (six years patched) and attribute much of it to this site. Thanks all for taking the time to make this site a valuable learning tool.

Great job! Congrats!

icallfouls

som44 wrote
Though I don't post very often I do use this sight for education etc. I recently got assigned my first state playoff game (six years patched) and attribute much of it to this site. Thanks all for taking the time to make this site a valuable learning tool.

It also helps when you give the coaches presents before and after the games so they will select you for those future playoff considerations 😉

Don't forget to thank the Academy, the fans, thank God for giving you the talent .... 😀

oh yea, congrats!

BillyMac

icallfouls wrote
It also helps when you give the coaches presents before and after the games so they will select you for those future playoff considerations.

One time, I got out of the shower early enough to hear the tail end of a conversation in which my partner asked the winning coach to vote for him for the state tournament. Our Connecticut State IAABO Board specifically forbids officials from soliciting games. I thought that this was in poor taste, but I didn't report him because I didn't hear the entire conversaiton.

som44

For those who asked..I am in New Hampshire

mick

som44 wrote
I recently got assigned my first state playoff game....

Attaboy!

Nevadaref

Congrats, and a bit of advice. DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING!!! Just call your normal game. You were selected because people respect the job you do. I've seen too many officials attempt to alter the way they call in their first playoff/championship game because they think this is different because it is the playoffs/a championship contest, and it usually doesn't work out well.

icallfouls

BillyMac wrote
One time, I got out of the shower early enough to hear the tail end of a conversation in which my partner asked the winning coach to vote for him for the state tournament. Our Connecticut State IAABO Board specifically forbids officials from soliciting games. I thought that this was in poor taste, but I didn't report him because I didn't hear the entire conversaiton.

It was a joke 🙄

BillyMac

icallfouls wrote
It was a joke :rolleyes:

My post wasn't a joke. It really happened.

Camron Rust

icallfouls wrote
It also helps when you give the coaches presents before and after the games so they will select you for those future playoff considerations 😉

Don't forget to thank the Academy, the fans, thank God for giving you the talent .... 😀

oh yea, congrats!

So that's how you did it! 😮