Originally posted by RJW1:
Officiating is a job and when people fail to do their job well, they get criticized. People will always be out their ready to criticize you for every mistake you make in your job. Live with it and remember this is not a charity thing you are doing. You get paid and can quit anytime, so quit if the heat is too much.
I’m not one to constantly bash officials, but this whole, “Why don’t you try it,” crybaby response to anyone that says anything negative about an official really gets on my nerves.
I am a coach and a teacher, and guess what, sometimes I get criticized and I didn’t tell the people who have criticized me some crybaby song about all the time I put in and they should try it. Sometimes I’ve told them, “Thanks, but I disagree,” and believe it or not I’ve sometimes said, “Yeah, I apologize. I should have handled that differently or I made a mistake.”
I definantly don't think everyone should be a referee! Some of the most criticizing people would get lost in the undertow of the action and fall flat on their face. It's definantly a challenge to say the least to put on the stripes. At the same token that's why certain people do certain things in life. Not everyone is going to be a CPA, and not everyone is going to be a trash collector. If it weren't for people willing to do jobs, this place would collapse fast!
