Monday, February 11, 2008

Get off your knees ref your blowing the game

Another Boerne High School game brings yet more drama. This game the stage was not in Boerne but not far down I 10 north in Kerville. The stage could not have been more perfect for Boerne with an undefeated season so far this season and having already beaten Kerville by an easy 15 points in their first match.
Three minutes into the game Boerne's leading scorer senior all-state foward Robert Moore fouls out do to very biased officiating. With their pockets full of bribery money as i suspect the refs made no changes in their horrifying officiating. Every last one of Boerne's players that steped foot onto the court had not only Kerville to play but also the three referees. Not even the dream team could have won this game.
Let me give an example of one play that represents the officiating of the entire game. Kerville drives down the court. The point gaurd swings the ball left to number 22 outside the arc. He shoots. The ball bounces off the rim. Isaac Evans jumps for the rebound. He retrieves the ball. He lands. He's lifted by not one but two Kerville players. He is the not dropped but thrown at the ground. Fans yell in outrage parents and students alike. Robert Moore comes off the bench in anticipation of kicking some ass. Why blame him his teamate got body slamed. The whistle is blown not once but multiple times. Isaac has a fould called on him to my best guess falling to fast. Nobody knows what the fould was for. Struggling to get up he has no strength to argue such an absurd call. He looks at his dad as he is escorted from the arena for yelling at the refs as his son was abused. Rumor has it Mr. Evans simply yelled " Come on ref. Wake up and smell the roses." I very much doubt it but that is the rumor. However this is not the end of the scenario Robert Moore is then after fouling out minutes earlier ejected for stepping foot on the court in atempt to check on a fellow companion and teamate.
Never in my life after years of season tickets in many sporting arenas have i seen such a biased and terrible officiating. This I made very clear when in the middle of the game I threw my hat at a referee. Upon my hat striking him in the back of the head i threw many crude remarks at him. Which I knew he heard as due to the fact that he was 5 feet from me.
The Boerne Greyhounds ended up loosing by 27 and the number of shots took in the second half could be counted on 2 hands. Never do I blame the outcome of the games on the officiating. I am an umpire for youth baseball and softball i know the difficulty level of the job. However this was not any normal circumstances. Never does the number 7 ranked team in the state loose so easily and score a meager 23 points when their star player averages more than that alone. To referees everywhere i tell you they give your profession a bad name. Bribes are not worth it. People hate you and will beat you down.
This was not the only drama at the game. More was to come in the fights following the game in the parking lot. Fists and words were thrown. Boerne Prevailed.