SETX referees

[vp93]

On 10/31/2020 at 6:03 PM, Boneyard Boys said:

Let’s play a game, we’ll call it.

Where is the holding?

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On the other side, did you see the highlight from Texanlive of the Huffman qb td run where the holding wasn't called on 65 vs 11?

[Boneyard Boys]

3 hours ago, vp93 said:

On the other side, did you see the highlight from Texanlive of the Huffman qb td run where the holding wasn't called on 65 vs 11?

Yea they had a couple of QB runs down that same sideline, looked a lot like our play but no flags thrown.

[THE DUDE]

8 hours ago, SmashMouth said:

I’m gonna take it down a notch. They do miss crap at all levels, and you are right, it is a thankless job. That being said, how do we get better officials at least at the varsity level? Pay them more? Probably. Hold them to a standard? Definitely. My sole intention is not to just bash the referees, but I have seen some really horrible game changing officiating. Just saying well they don’t get paid enough and they’re tired isn’t good enough. Some kids count on football to get them through college. 

they have guys doing varsity games who should not be doing peewee flag games.

it is sad when you look on the field and a official calling a varsity game graduated from there last year. he was their QB the year before.

between the homers and the people catering to certain coaches it is a every week thing in this area.

[texbuzz]

19 hours ago, SmashMouth said:

I kinda already know. It was more of a rhetorical question. The coaching staff has to fill out a detailed complaint including quarter and time and supply video and if it’s egregious enough, something MIGHT be done. 999 out of 1000 times nothing happens (this coming from a retired head coach). 

But hey, these guys love the game. They give up their free time (to get paid) to just be around the sport. So it’s ok if they suck. We should embrace their half-hearted efforts and be ok with mediocrity. I feel another group hug coming on...

I didn't feel like I was implying the whole "group hug" narrative.

I think we are aligned in regards to the statement "whether paid or volunteer, if you commit to a job, you should be held accountable to your performance."  

Two things can be true:

• It is a difficult job that is not paid at a high rate.  The job comes with making decisions at speed on actions that (most times) do not leave evidence to support those decisions.  There will be abuse and criticism from people who have never done it, and most times, do not have the same perspective or expertise.
• Bad officials should be held accountable and the difficulty of the task shouldn't insulate the individual from accountability.

This seems like one of the most obvious examples of a principle well researched in management and leadership.  The "Peter Principle", defined as "people in a hierarchy tend to rise to the level of their incompetence."