Know it all officials in LHSAA Sports

Volleyball?

Nah, basketball.

In the past it's taken a lot to get play to stop and a zebra to talk to you about how they were in charge. Usually just ignore you or get a quick word when the whistle was out of their mouth.

They need to learn just to ignore it. It's how I was taught when I was officiating. It isn't hard, but they want the court now and act like no one else in the gym knows the rules. It's been a little annoying from a coaching perspective this year to say the least.

Don't mess with Greg Sollie

LHSAA has some of the worst officials in the state. They're not only bad, but they're some of the laziest and non-caring officials around, especially in the Monroe area.

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LHSAA has some of the worst officials in the state. .

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Lot of other groups of officials out there??

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LHSAA has some of the worst officials in the state. They're not only bad, but they're some of the laziest and non-caring officials around, especially in the Monroe area.

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Worse in Central Louisiana. It's become a problem with them lying to get more money too.

Best refs I've dealt with in a while was in Lafayette.

A good official, for any sport, has to be able to ignore the typical comments from off the field/court. There are a few rules/calls that are off limits to criticism and both the coaches and officials know what those are. Even for those, though, there has to be a little grey area. Let the coach have his say and then just move on. If it continues on the same subject, that's when the official needs to put an end to it in one of various ways. The only area where the line is cut and dry is when the comments become personal, then there are two options. It stops immediately either with the coach still at the game or not.

Are you experiencing this with veteran officials or new guys, or both?

I can handle them making bad judgement calls. Nobody is perfect and I have reffed / umped before so I know it's a difficult job.

What gets me is when they don't know the rules.

Perfect example... This weekend at a basketball game, had a kid crossing half court. He had crossed the half court line with the ball, but both feet were behind the line. He got pressure and backed up.. The ref called back court. I argued that it was not back court bc all 3 points must cross but he argued it was just the ball. I quit arguing bc I thought maybe there was some rule change I didn't know about. He was certainly wrong though.

Baseball last summer, I have a kid on 3rd. Past ball takes a crazy hop and somehow gets over the fence. The ump forces my kid to go back to third base and says they don't get to advance. I argued this point big time, but lost. The ump on the bases told me I was correct, but didn't have the balls to make the right call with the home plate ump.