Well I was going to write a detailed response to that, but everything I could say I've probably already did at some point this year on here so I'll just summarize.

Officials are human, we DO make mistakes, but how much are you really going to whine about it before you realize that you are just talking to yourself?

Sometimes its much easier to place blame on officials than accept the fact that you lost a match. When you are down a certain amount of points and you perceive a quick pin, is it so hard to beleive that a kid was actually pinned for the slient 2 count which is all that is required for a pin?

The Most Important Point that could ever be made, before you go bashing on Officials and thinking that you have all the answers on what a good official should be doing or which are good officials and who are not, I suggest that as a coach you get yourself registered as an official and work about 3 tournaments. I guarantee you doing that time no matter how well you call matches, at some point you are going to hear at least 1/4 or more of the coaches you have contact with complain about calls which were blatently obvious. It is during this that you will realize why SOME officials have tured off their ears to coaches who "Just want to talk"


William Nigel Isom
Officials Director (USAWKS)
KSHSAA #14274
USAWKS #577
Riley KS