Impartial_Observer

Not if you follow the law.

But with it being allowed now in NCAA only a matter of time before some enterprising salesman sells it to an ignorant coach/AD.

I don't recall seeing this number used before in NCAA, how long before we see it in HS ball? Will rules be adjusted. I’ve had to deal with it twice in HS games, usually youth.

I used to watch old SWC games on ESPEN Classic, wings lined up about five yards outside the TE’s here comes the option and they’re running for their lives, backs turned and running. It never made any sense to me.

I’m quite certain I’ve been called worse by better people.

You can take the boy out of Franklin County......

I don’t have a dog in the fight, and honestly could not care less about Roncalli’s success or lack of it, but I do have some inside info, you are completely wrong.

I don’t disagree with any of that, the only issue I’ve had all along is SF rewards/penalizes the next two teams for the last two teams.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aPVLyB0Yc6I

I will offer this piece of advice, if you have a kid that plays college baseball or softball in the state of Indiana, buy a good winter coat.

The next two sanctioned sports in Indiana will be women’s wrestling and men’s volleyball.

2000 game at Danville was pretty chilly. This may shock some, coldest I have been in my life week 9, 2012 South Decatur, game time temp 42. Which would have been fine, it was the 30mph winds and monsoon that was the killer. Throw in about a half delay for a broken leg, less than 2minutes to go I’ll the half, then 20 minute halftime for senior night. The rain was relentless the entire night.

We can’t be friends.

Who is the other official besides the R that comes in from the backfield? Never mind, assuming this is an NCAA game, or another state.

Boss Hogg has been given free reign by the governor and has a presser scheduled Thursday.

I’m going to preface this by saying, I gave up worrying about tournament advancement a long time ago. In fact if it were not for the younger guys on our crew, I wouldn’t even apply for the tournament. 1. Observers. I have no idea what input observers have or what purpose they serve, other than crews getting feedback from someone who knows what we’re doing. There are crews out there getting observed 3-4 times a season. One observer told a friend of mine that he was the only observer that traveled south of Indy. So does that translate into don’t take games south of Indy if you want to be observed? Does being observed have anything to do with your advancement? 2. Rating system. In it’s latest iteration is set up to favor crews that have worked deep in the tournament based on years licensed, previous tournament experience, and height level worked components. Allegedly these three components are 30% of our ratings. 3. Coaches vote. This had been covered, no need to rehash. I do feel like coaches need some input. I’m a bit torn as to what that input should be. 4. Information. I think this year more than any other has highlighted the discrepancies in how information is decimated from Indianapolis. With the advent of Zoom meetings, we were able to catch meetings from all over the state. I thought it was odd the different things you heard from one association to the next. Why some info is sent to association chairs to be forwarded, some sent to white hats, and some sent to all officials. 5. This system is not a system to identify the best crews, it’s a system to fill games. It serves it’s purpose and I’m assuming the school of thought is if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. 6. Coaches and AD’s don’t understand how the voting works. I’ve had coaches tell me “hey I gave you a 4, I give you one every year”. I just thank them for voting. They don’t understand a 4 hurts you. The first year I voted as a HC, my AD asked me why all my votes were 5’s and a a few 3’s. After I explained it to him, he understood. Add in what has been mentioned with crews leapfrogging steps in the process and it creates a perception that the system is rigged to begin with. As i stated, I quit worrying about this crap a long time ago. We work the games,I have no problem looking at myself in the mirror. But I will admit, think about if you were a coach or a player, and you knew before the season started, that you had no/zero/zip/zilch/nada chance of making it to LOS, and it had nothing to do with your performance on the field. At some point you just feel used.

FC/Jeff was not affected by Covid.

I think it was a brilliant piece of officiating. Part of being a good official is being able to assess a situation that may or may not be covered in the book and coming up with a fair and equitable solution. This was an extraordinary situation and needed an outside the box solution.

Seymour had two anomaly classes a few years back, like over 100 students larger than normal classes. That being said, younger classes are starting to come in, I would expect Seymour to stay 5A for the foreseeable future, but they could drop to 4A for one cycle. I know they are looking at several options to deal with growing enrollment, including building a new 5/6 grade building. The growth is largely Hispanic, last figure I heard was 32% of enrollment.

I would have to check, but I believe CE’s enrollment is 5A.

Well it was 7:30, then 8:15, then 8:30, then 9:00, then 9:15. lol

Even with the same coach you were bashing after week 3?

Our experience has been much the same as @JustRules As the season has moved on there seems to be a little more mingling and hand shaking. On a personal note it is still so completely foreign to me not to shake hands with people.

Awesome article coach, thanks for sharing.

We all know how much that pained you to post!