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Cameron Wilson tech?

Bennnnnnnnnnnnnn

Regardless of all of this which has been said in this thread I would like to challange all players involved in Basa to undertake a referee's course (level 0)
I believe there is no cost and SA needs more officials working games. At the very least it would help players to understand what some of the refs are thinking on the floor - to me there are very few new officials coming through apart from young children... what are peoples thoughts on this - Is any Aba players game to go out and try there hand at a under 12's game???

jezza, some refs are baller, not many, but some.

Dr D, "without them, there is no game" not entirely true...there aint no refs in pickup... but i still feel ya.

jezza - its attitude like that, that spawns negativity through our junior ranks. You cannot categorically pigeon hole ref's like that! Especially ABL level umps.

I started umpiring because i wasn't happy with the standard, and i endevour to help junior umpires, not because of any bitterness, or lack of game. Alot of umpires i know are in a similar situation.

Sounds like you take the refs for granted, without them, there is no game. It takes alot of balls to become a top level ref, ignorant people like you simply couldn't hack it. Stop being so ungrateful, grab a whistle and prove me wrong.

Well faceless person, there was no referee director for a lot of the ABA season last year and Nathan Durant assisted, He would have had to hand it over to the Referees Commission or the Referees Coaches. Perhaps it went to Colin Thompson and it got lost in the paper war in his office. I believe he has a report of a coach acting poorly towards an official after a junior game and guess what no action has been taken just like the Norwood players who we reported for the incident at the Norwood carnival.

All you faceless people. At least Benn and his dad our aout there trying to help the game.

Who did the reports get put in to last year? What action was taken.

I believe after an incident in a junor game Benn was counselled concerning his behaviour.

Actually anon #29236 ..

Both teams were warned early about talking to the ref's and bad language ( Sh*t, F*** etc ..) Wilson was talking a fair bit .. so im not surprised about the tech and its speed !

Best one of the night was Krause who was tech 'd after a time-out because Ben McDonald (he and his dad reffed) wanted to give him an un-sportsmanlike foul but he ran off to the huddle before he could get to it.
Krause asked him what it was for .. as did Sapwell and McDonald said .. " you got away from me with that last one ... i should have got you 2 mins ago .. that is what it was for !! " ... KE ????

Pretty poor .. it is sad when a referee tries to become the focal point of the game .. He tried to dominate both coaches and some of the players with game stopages and team warnings that were superfluous.
Lift your game !