The Madison at Stonewall game has been postponed because the officials failed to show up tonight. The game has been on the officials schedule since day 1.
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Their admin were insistent that the ref association was in error, not the school. Who knows? But it is unacceptable either way. Saunders was so mad after their loss at MC a couple of weeks ago...someone JOKED that he did this just to make MC have to travel over there two times! The game was rescheduled for Thursday. Hope someone notified the officials!!!!I would say if no refs showed it is probably on the AD. We had a middle school game where only one ref showed up. He tried his best but it got so rough in the 4th qtr that he walked off the court because he didn't want someone to get injured.
Wasn’t Joe O'Donnell was it?Funny that this happened at Stonewall because it reminds me of a story that I have told on here before that also involved Stonewall. Many years ago, even back before their new gym was built, we had a game up there and no one showed up to referee the JV game. After a delay of maybe half an hour or so, one of their assistant coaches or something strapped on a whistle and that one guy called that game better than I have seen three people call one. He was a Preps member at the time and might still be.
Wasn’t Joe O'Donnell was it?
If you know the game and show the game, kids and coaches respect.. You’ll get the same respect back. A lot of what I’ve seen is officials making it all about them. If a kid, parent or spectator is acting in the behavior you mentioned, they should be kicked out of the game. If I pay $7 for a ticket, I don’t want to see a foul fest.. I wanna see a ball game!There is a huge shortage of officials in Virginia and nationwide. There are lots of reasons for this. One main one is reading the previous comments about refs. The fan behavior is horrible. When a ref does a rec. league game and calls a walk on a kid and the 12 year old kid walks by and says to me, that wasn't a f____king walk old man. Why would anyone want to put their selves in this position for a few $$$$. The coaches behavior is worse than the fans and players combined. Just my thoughts from experience on people that want to bash refs. Grab a whistle and a shirt and give it a try. Your patience and thickness of skin will be tested to the limits.
No way on the respect deal you are talking about. Wish it was that way. I have been either playing,coaching or officiating since 1965. I think I know the game pretty well. When a kid slams another kid to the floor and you call a foul on the kid and the coach goes off, the parents cuss you and the player slams the ball to the ceiling. I think society has behavior issues. The old saying that kids learn what they live shows it ugly side when sports are involved.If you know the game and show the game, kids and coaches respect.. You’ll get the same respect back. A lot of what I’ve seen is officials making it all about them. If a kid, parent or spectator is acting in the behavior you mentioned, they should be kicked out of the game. If I pay $7 for a ticket, I don’t want to see a foul fest.. I wanna see a ball game!
If a kid, coach or fan comes at a ref like that then they should be disqualified from the game point blank. I think what refs do are admirable, but what I’ve seen in Virginia this year and the past few years (which were bad but not as bad as this year) is down right horrible! I’ve seen refs showing the kids and coaches up. At the GW/Salem football game this past November, one of the refs went at one of the parents and told him to “shut the f*** up” “you’re going to lose anyway”, and taunted the GW parent with looks. I get it that kids, parents and coaches can get disrespectful, but from what I’ve observed.. Refs are either the ring leader of the disrespect, try to take the spotlight from the kids, and/or HAVE ZERO BUSINESS CALLING A GAME!No way on the respect deal you are talking about. Wish it was that way. I have been either playing,coaching or officiating since 1965. I think I know the game pretty well. When a kid slams another kid to the floor and you call a foul on the kid and the coach goes off, the parents cuss you and the player slams the ball to the ceiling. I think society has behavior issues. The old saying that kids learn what they live shows it ugly side when sports are involved.
The referees do not commit the fouls. Some games the kids just go crazy with fouling. If the fouls called keep one kid from getting hurt from rough play, then the fouls are justified.Wise Central and Lee High shot a combined 75+ free throws Tuesday night... this should never happen.
The commissioner for the association must have overlooked the game. Happened in Roanoke in football a few years ago.I would say if no refs showed it is probably on the AD. We had a middle school game where only one ref showed up. He tried his best but it got so rough in the 4th qtr that he walked off the court because he didn't want someone to get injured.
No biggie. We all can make a mistake. After all we are human.Well the officials and their association apparently deserve an apology for the Madison- Stonewall game Tuesday night.
The date was changed from Wednesday to Tuesday about a month ago. Somebody (the SJ AD?) forgot to inform the association.
So fair is fair, sorry about the disparaging words Zebras! Mia Culpa!
By the way, Madison beat Stonewall by 11 tonight...even being short handed due to the flu bug hitting them.
Although I did not personally witness it, I have heard enough versions of this story to believe it is true that once upon a time a female fan slapped a referee after a game. There were charges filed according to what I heard and she was banned permanently from that particular school, which was not the school where her child played. I have no idea if she was banned from her home school or other schools as well.