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I don't think there is any practical way to have an evaluation system that is based only on unbiased opinions...there aren't nearly enough of those to go around. Then again, I don't think there's anyone who is checking evaluations who would be silly enough to base an assessment on a couple of coaches who just lost, either. I suspect that if you took evaluations from a large enough sampling of people who witnessed the same official in action, the composite of their opinions would be somewhere nearing the truth. To say that we can't use any coach's opinions because one by itself is biased is like saying we can't let anyone vote because one person isn't qualified to pick a candidate.

For the record, the officials I've met and have respect for outnumber the ones I have had serious issues with. The difference is, the best officials often go completely unnoticed, while those who make bad mistakes invariably call attention to themselves.

In order to complain, Achmed must not only become a doctor, but a throat specialist and a toe specialist. Otherwise, how does Achmed know that the toe-bone is not connected to the throat-bone?

Achmed had a premature detonation. Now my toe-bone is connected to my throat-bone.

I knew a coach who had a premature detonation...but that was because his head-bone was connected with his tail-bone...

Head-bone connected to his tail-bone. That's good stuff. We should add that to the childrens song.

Why are soccer ref's such thin skinned pansies? I was at a game last night where a ref stopped a game & told the home coach that he had to tell his fans to stop yelling at the ref's. He said if it continued that he would kick them out or stop the game. There were no obscenities yelled. Just typical crowd response when there is an obvious offsides or handball. Our goalie said that during the game, after a bad call, she glared at the ref. The ref yelled at her to not look at him like that when he makes a call. I guess maybe he got his feelings hurt when a FIFTEEN year old girl looked at him sternly. If these pansies can't handle criticism, they need to find a different line of work. Can you imagine if they reffed a baketball/football game?

Hey!!! What happen to my 3 stars?

Achmed been good. Why you take my stars?
You bad man, you very bad man

BEST ONE EVER!!!
My husband refs in Florence. He went to watch a match between West Florence and Wilson after he finished calling his game in Darlington. They had a 2 man system in the game. He stood by the sidelines and watched the last 9 minutes of the game. After the game was over,he was talking to the refs that called the game when one of the parents from the losing team came over and told the three of them that they had called the worst game they had ever seen. 2 of them were blind and the other couldn't see. Okay-so lets get this straight-the parent had watched the whole game and didn't even realize that there were only 2 refs on the field?? This is exactly why parents just need to be quiet. Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt...

Is Achmed a ref?