You know your partner is wrong, but he won't appeal!

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Originally posted by Skahtboi
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I can buy that!

Here's an interesting one:

A few years ago, I called my sister, a high school coach at the time, to see if she had turned in her votes yet...and to beg for a vote. She said, "what vote?" I explained that coaches vote for tournament officials and her vote is important. Two days later she calls me and says, "oh, I checked on the vote...AD takes care of it." So I ask how that was so. And she said, "he said he votes for umpires who either work their games or umpires who work other sports for him." I then ask if she recognized the names of the umpires. She said, "I think three or four of them work our games...the rest do basketball for the school."

I then start naming names of umpires, good quality umpires, we both know. She kept saying no, even though these umpires work about 1/2 of her summer ball games. (And technically that counts).

So, the coaches don't get to vote, and worse, the AD votes for guys who work other sports for him. Sounds like a fair system, right?

But then again, GOOD coaches will vote for GOOD umpires. (Note: This was my sisters first year as a head coach...needless to say it was the last year AD did the voting).