Nigel you are right on here. You should never put yourself in a situation where an official can make a call that will determine the outcome of a match...I tell that to my wrestlers all the time. What we are talking about here are officials who go out and do not give 100% each match. I have in more than one occasion had officials talk to one another, actually turning their head away from the action, during a match. Walk around to check back point criteria and stand on the edge of the mat with their whistle in their mouth and officiate away from the action. This is not about a judgement call or even an interpritaion of a rule. This is being a position to make the right call. Officials are on the wrestlers to keep the action up, so the officials should at least be able to move with the aciton and keep their attention on the match at hand. I feel as a coach we can argue postion on the mat to make a call and we can argue their attentiveness to a match. The bad thing about this is I know that the officials I am talking about here would take that as a judgment issue and give the line "that is what I saw, coach." And there is nothing I can do after that. They should be working as hard as the wrestlers to ensure that the match is called correctly. We can not continue to allow lazy officials out on the mat. After that, I would like to commend the officials at the DII tournament that did work hard and I think that other coaches should do the same. They are out there for the love of the sport and deserve to be recognized. Those who don't should be open to CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISIZM by other officials and coaches and realize the needed room for improvement. And as always keep up the hard work. See you all at state.