- February 19th, 2012, 10:50 pm
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Let me address each of your comments
First, you don't see the type of behavior like I'm talking about at Liberty events, you need to go to a NFL game or major college football game and apparently you haven't, alcohol is usually involved, not at liberty games.
Next, how do you know he is the worst official in teh country, have you witnessed each of them, that is an idiotic blanket statement. He's clearly not the best but to say he's the worst is a reflection of a crazy person because you clearly have not evaluated every official. (for the record i grew up a UVA fan and I agree he is not a great official, but college basketball has the worst officiating of the 3 major NCAA sports across the board).
Finally, noyone said that pointing out an official who makes a bad call should be tossed. I have a good friend who works in AT at State and said taht Gugliotta was way out of line with the threats he made, he agreed that the other guy should not have been tossed, so Karl overreacted. My comments were based at the idiots who have no life other than sports and think it makes them a big man to say things sitting in teh stands to refs and players and coaches they would never say in person. Alcohol is usually a factor. Take the Maryland student section for example, tune in to a game or better yet go and hear the things they say and do. Or a local example, at VT Duke game in Blacksburg when JJ Reddick was playing for Duke. You should have heard the things that there said to JJ's parents and then referencing his mother and the officials in that game, it was grotesque and embarssing to say the least. That's the behavior I'm talking about. (so haize if we have Dean's making Larry Flint insults like he did to Doc, then i stand corrected). I've never heard that kind of stuff ever at liberty. Certainly there are some folks taht push the envelope i know, but i think there is a difference in waht I'm talking about.
Nobody is saying you can second guess an official, but there is clearly a personal line to me. Maybe you guys think it's ok to say and do whatever you want a game, i disagree