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cat22........girls superlatives will follow shortly.....as soon as interest wanes on the boy site....thanks for asking....I have some very find memories of girls basketball.....

I am thinking Jake.....but really meant all of them as a group..They all shot lights out .....therefore....I state again Williams.....do not know what the relationship is between these guys.

Sorry Pods.............I don't know what you have against Mickey, but that is one on which I will stand firm.  If you spent as much time praising people as you did cutting them down you might be a lot happier.

WELL................Full Nelson if you look at what ForeverADog's question it states...Which game was worse as far as level of play.  It did not say which game I CALLED MY WORST GAME.....I was trying to keep this in superlatives......The game your  talking about was with Chip Johnson and it goes down as one of my favorite games ever....I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....

ForeverADOG.............Sorry to just now be getting back to your quesstions. I have been gone on business and away from the computer..But here Goes! 1)  I have never ejected a coach.  I have only given 5 tees to coaches in 17 years....Am I proud of that ....Not really..just always thought if i had to tee a coach up I probably did something to trigger it.... 2)  AS FAR AS MISSING CALLS....every official has good and bad nights..I am no different...I will say I have never called a perfect game...no one has ...I think I get about 90 per cent correct 3)  WORST GAME-BOYS HAMSHIRE-F VS HUFFMAN....The kids were ugly to each other...we could not get anything right...which made the kids more hostile..just a tough game..BOTTOM LINE...I take the blame for the kids being bad, because my partner and I were out of sinc. 4) TOP FIVE BEST HOSPITALITY ROOMS FOR TOURNAMENTS     1....west hardin....best gumbo in southeast texas     2....orangefield.....best gumbo in orange county     3.....Evadale.........best homemade goodies     4......Nederland.....excellent bar-b-que     5......memorial....great ribs thanks for the questions!!!! i hope I have provided some insight

POPPA.......Thanks for the kind thoughts......You and Bleed orange have always kept me entertained and i will miss that after I leave here.  I hope that one day you will come up and introduce yourself to me.  It will probably not be at an HJ game since the two groups don't seem likely to setlle thier differences.  What a shame.  The two chapters  together are very good.  The two chapters apart are very average....LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU Joe whitted

This will be my last season in the UIL Beaumont chapter.  I am moving to Dallas.  I have been compiling the best of the best for the last 17 years.  See if you agree or disagree..PLEASE NOTE......This is all positive things, and a coach or referee or player can only be used one time. COACHES best trap-ANDRE BOUTTE best full court press.-D. JOUBERT best overall defense TRAVIS WILLIAMS best christian coach-SAM SIMON best coach to work for-BEN WEST....lets you do your job best offensive scheme-BRYAN ENGLISH best demeanor-Rae Wrinkle best coach's line ever-JASON HENRY"MR. WHITTED YOU COULDN'T SELL THAT CALL IN YOUR DOLLAR STORE" best coaching personality-LAURENCE WILLIAMS best coach in southeast texas -TODD SUTHERLAND officials best mechanics-KEVIN ABERNATHY best under big game pressure-MICKEY G. best crew I ever worked with-KENNETH JONES AND KIRK THOMAS(STATE TOURNAMENT) best teacher-CHIP JOHNSON best on rules-TIE-MIKE RYALS AND JIM LANCASTER best official to travel with BOB THEWMAN best road trip-TERRELL'LEFTY HINES AND TRACEY DOUCET-TO ''MAYBERRY' best on court -EDDIE KING best in transition-EDDIE HOPKINS best improvement over the years-KELLY TOUCHET best in keeping control of a game-RONNIE GIRAURD best heart for the game-MIKE SIMPSON best oldest official-MIKE GOUBERT best official in a two man crew-LYNN HADNOT best friend-ROY WASHINGTON best official i ever worked with-GREG GARRET players-----remember this had to be someone I called best point guard-JACOVEN BROWN(KELLY) best post-KENDRICK PERKINS best pure shooter-WILLIAMS (VIDOR) best attitude-XAVIER MCDANIEL best leader on court -JOSH HANCOCK best player-STEPHEN JACKSON sooooo.....This is my list for what ever its worth...agree or disagree,,,based on the young men i worked for

THIS IS SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....The bottom line is that you have two groups of people who have allowed their pride to out shadow their good judgement....once again....and because of this we will have two average chapters in the Beaumont area instead of one good chapter...It should be all about the kids ....but it is not....I have to accept some of the blame along with all the members in both chapters....It should not have been able to happen in the first place....Their will continue to be problems until both chapters realize the reason that we officiate in the first place.......THE CHILDREN

Poppa..........You have always been wise....This time you hit the nail on the head.....

LT. Dangle........ There is a lot of he said she said...we will do this if you will do that....kind of talk going on....I am frustrated with the whole situation, as are many officials.as well as coaches...This will be my last season in the Beaumont Chapter, and I would love for us to get back together....I have missed calling for schools that fall under TASO....I AM MOVING TO DALLAS....and I plan on working in the North Dallas chapter after the first of the year....Stay tuned because when i leave I plan on giving my list of COACHING SUPERLATIVES.

DOVE..... Was the Ref walking through the players when this happened?  officials know better than to give a kid an opportunity at a cheap shot...We are well aware of the dangers which seem to be more real each year.....What does this lead to? Body armour instead of stripes.....

WELL...I have been waiting to comment until I could read all threads...I had heard that there was some question about the last second shot..so........................... 1)  Congrats Coach Williams on a fine job...You will finally get the credit you deserve for being one of the best in the area.... 2)  Same to the kids who played....when you put on the stripes  you lose you right to cheer for any team except when they go to state..I was pulling foryou guys all the way 3) I know it doesn't make you feel any better...but those refs are the best in the state....but being human they make mistakes...hopefully soon they will use video replay in situations like this. 4) 12 Crews get to Austin..only six get to call on Saturday....These guys were not sent packing...however...they will be reviewed by other REFS...and that determines who gets the championship games. 5) IF THEY MISSED THE CALL NO ONE FEELS WORSE THAN THEY DO

YOU ARE FINALLY RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING lt dangle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT...I REST MY CASE......I am glad the children always come first in my book...sorry but that will not change.

WELL.................I guess everyone is finished with the topic....Lt. Dangle...could you please show me in the rule book where it says that an official cannot stop play to see after an injured player....Dr. Baden....you are correct....If I had to do it over again I would still do the same....Ask yourself.....What if it were your child out there bleeding on the floor?...Would it make any difference? Thanks to all of you that responded....I hope you all have a great new year!!!

I had something happen Friday night I have never seen in my 17 years of officiating.  Please tell me what the right call is in this situation.... Team A has control of the ball and has an outlet past for a fastbreak.  Team B has a player in the backcourt who falls and hits her face on the floor.Team A has the ball at the division line when Coach from team B says my player is bleeding.  I look up and Team B has a player bleeding in the backcourt.  I blow the play dead as soon as I see the child bleeding from the mouth. Team A's Coach says you can't blow the play dead It is against the rules.  She is extremely irritated that we took away a possible break a way lay-up.  I told her that no matter what the safety of the children had to come first. So...................Who is right?  Should I have held my whistle?....or was I justified in killing the play at that time?