shame on them officials

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Originally posted by Mike Simonds
This season I've taken a very strong approach to just concentrate on my assignment, and cooperate with the crew as much as possible... Its truly amazing but because of my hard work and positive attitude I know that I've elevated the performance of my crew. I don't try to do anyone else's job but my own and let the others handle their jobs.

Sage advice.

It seems like you're always going to see or work with guys who are less than dilligent about doing their jobs. Though that may make your job more difficult, I think you have to just keep your head up, eyes on the things you're supposed to be looking at, hustle to the next position, and get the hell off the field when it's all over.

Once I get to be a more experienced official, I'll gladly tell a first-year guy "Look, why don't you try doing this?" but a guy who's more experienced than me? No way. If he's set in his ways, that's his issue, not mine. I'm just going to do my job the best I can and I figure everything will work out for me. If it doesn't work out for him, well, that's unfortunate but not my problem.