Let's hear it for the Refs !

[Basel A]

Refs must be pretty thin-skinned, because no one is attacking them personally. No names are named. We could name names - there are refs here in Michigan that I like and those I don't, based on their track records - but we choose not to name the refs, but rather identify just the poor calls and the mistakes. And let me tell you, there are far more mistakes than get posted about on Chief Delphi (missed crossings for days). If FTAs or Lead Queuers screwed up as much as the refs, they'd be run out of town.

I don't like it when good but tough calls are questioned. I'm talking about the situations where neither decision is great. The Newton SF non-replay is a good example. Referees need to make tough calls and questioning them doesn't make it any easier. But the truly bad calls? What can I say, they were bad.