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Originally Posted by Collmandoman
seeing as how the game is not rocketscience and the judges should be aware.. you can say whatever you want.. but there is no excuse for this.. people make mistakes-- yep but it seems TOO MANY are being made.. I believe all the head refs are excellent at what they do.. but when I've seen two go to the rule book during a match... kinda makes you think- anyway I like the refs bunches anyway
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Have you ever been a referee? Didn't think so. You directly contradicted yourself. Too many mistakes are being made, yet head refs are great at what they do. Please explain to me how that happens. Referees are not walking rule books. Situations arise in which we have to check the rules to be certain we've called a situation right, or to see if we need to call a situation.
You complain that you've seen two go to the rulebook. Well think of how pissed you'd be if you've never seen a ref go to a rulebook. A whole lot more "bad" calls would be made.
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Originally Posted by Collmandoman
Many people invest unthinkinable amounts of time into their programs... and to see it waste away by anothers bad call is too say the least frustrating.. how can you just say.. well good try .. we'll come back next year shucks (lets move on to the real world... where I talked to the team that won the sportsman award at a regional whine about a call that didn't go their way)
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If you think that all the time spent in FIRST is "wasted away" by not winning, you clearly have absolutely no understanding of the meaning of FIRST.
Ok, lets move on to the real world. Im up for promotion. I think I rightfully deserve the promotion. I don't receive the promotion. I go whining to my boss, about how I deserved it, and he screwed me over, and I hate his guts. I then proceed to whine to all my coworkers. Now what do you think will happen in this situation? Most likely, my boss now hates me, and my coworkers think I'm annoying and a whiner.
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Originally Posted by Collmandoman
people vent.. they need to.. here is as good a place as any other.. and some of you have the right idea but most don't.. they are just jumping on the don't express any negative thoughts because that is BAD BAD BAD bandwagon.. which needs to crash very haaard
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Ok, you have a point here, but there are appropriate ways to vent, and then there are those that are not.
I don't have any problem with someone that says "Hey, did you guys see that call in the finals at so and so regional? I really don't think Team XXX should have been penalized"
However, if someone says "Wow, the refs at so and so regional are horrible. They made the worst call ever and absolutely screwed Team XXX. I really hate them", that is not an appropriate way to vent, and it is not well received by most people.
In short, having criticism is fine, the manner in which you deliver them is important. There is a fine line between criticism and an attack on a person, or group of persons. Lately the latter has been occuring far more often than the former.