Oh dad, are you having fun with Nigel again! I can guarantee you are sitting behind your $25,000 laptop..haha! laughing and grinning at all replies you get...
About officials... here is my thoughts.
for the most part.. they are fair
for the most part.. they have good judgement
for the most part.. they are very thin-skinned
for the most part.. they do it for love of
the sport.
for the most part.. they are underpaid
for the most part.. they are underappreciated
however... a good official is an official that realizes the wrestlers are the show, not them.
however... a good official is almost invisible and if not talked about... did a very good job.
We do need to get rid of that stupid rule of if a coach talks to a ref it's a warning! Clarification or not... it's a dumb rule.. If a coach feels the need to argue... then it should be fine.
I umpire college baseball and have taken unbelievable butt chewings. If I would have been talked to like that on the streets it would have been a fight. Even when I know I was right and the coach is just defending his kids. However, its part of the game. coaches and officials will argue. Wrestling officials carry a sense of "you can't talk to me like that" mentality and warn too fast. If its happening over and over.. I can see a ref warning... but a valid arguement should not be warned.
just a thought.
