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I was at this game also it seemed like Holmes coaches were bellyaching a lot to the refs about every little call. It was almost like they couldn't believe that tiny Gallatin could stay with them. Other than that it was a great game with tons of action and drama from a summer game. I can't make it today but I would like to be there yesterday there was a lot of action and all for only 3 bucks.

The last I looked you questioned me first am I not allowed to question you? Did anyone answer my question about would refs do it if they didn't get paid? It is easy to take up for most refs they do a great job, but the ones who showboat and act like the fans come to see them gives all refs a black eye. I wasn't just talking to you atm10 there are other posters on this thread. I qualified my statement by saying it was not about bad or good calls and you have clearly answered other post on this thread talking about certain calls being made. Did you answer my question about weather you or any other person on this thread has questioned a call out loud before? I notice that most of you have gone quiet on this point. Lets face it we are all hypocrits I started this because I was mad at a call and wanted to call to task the official who made the call. You guys getting on here and defending the officials from the Franklin Co. game are killing me. These guys blew it and you know it. I think that I have hit a nerve with a lot of officials on this thread and now you guys need to start another thread about the obnoxious fans or whoever that gets started about every 3 weeks.

What qualifies you to say they have done well? I can tell you that my experience is almost 30 years involved with the game in one capacity or another. Don't question me because if you will notice to begin with this was not about bad or good officiating, it was about refs who think people come to watch them ref. Then some people took it off course with the bad call stuff. There are bad referees out there and if you say you have never questioned a call in your life or yelled at a ref then you and all who say they havn't should be inducted into the FSC.

I was told by CKShokey that the Ryle team did have 3 D1 prospects in an earlier post and I am sure she would know.

No doubt on that not that Gallatin wouldn't have been just as many times if the districts hadn't changed. I guess what I am saying on this who Grants next coach will be thread is that their district was made easier also and they have not taken near the advantage of that as they should have. Cinysportsfan I agree with you on a lot of your post, was just getting tired of hearing all that all a district nonsense.

Little or no money, if they had to do it for free how many of them would be refs? The refs have a job to do and some do it well but if your paid for a job and don't do it well you should not be allowed to do it. If I mess up at my job I am held accountable but what you bgpers are telling me is that refs don't have to be held to the same standards as every other working stiff. That my friends is total bunk.

That is where you are wrong it is not an all A district. Gallatin by far is the smallest school in the district Owen and Carrol are 2A in football and Henry is 3A. In the past 3 years Owen was not in the all A and last year neither was Henry. It is not a true all A anymore it is the top 125 smallest schools.

Correct me if I am wrong I don't think Coach Jones has ever won the coach of the year in the 8th region. Year in and year out he does more than most of the supposed big schools with talent that may not always be the best.

Great Post!!!

Taking a 23 foot off ballanced fall away jumper with time running out usually makes for a short shot. A courtside view from SO endzone says there was no foul just a horrible call that can't be called unless you were ready for the long trip back to Louisville and didn't want the OT call.

My intent was not to start a debate on officials costing teams games. The thread was started to take to task those officials, and we have all seen them, who like to blow the whistle, or talk to the fans, or make a show of the game so that it becomes more about them than the game and the kids on the court. Cincysportsfan I might know who you are talking about but there are others. I have seen 2 officials in the 8th explaining why they made a call to fans in the stand. It is not about the fans or the refs it is about the players.

Just wondering if any of you have noticed that some refs think that the crowd comes to see them ref more than they come to see the actual game? What is your opinions on this?

Edelen has been a steadying influence at NO. There has to be some issue with parents or at least administration if he was asked to step down. He has rumpled some feathers somewhere to remove such a good coach.

That sure would prove how much of an underdog Ryle was tonight wouldn't it.

That is all good there was no foul tonight though and a whistle was blown.

Are you sure about Forrest I thought I saw him at the 8th region tournament, was he there to see some of the players that could be at Collins next year?

Was there any contact on the foul?

A phantom call with 4 tenths of a second is deciding the game.

I thought you were a radio guy and now I find out that you are a philosopher. When something is my fault I accept responsibility just like I expect everyone else to do including refs, kids adults or whoever. If I am Franklin Co. I feel way worse than GC did tonight because GC could still have lost the game in OT. If you don't put it on youtube doesn't take the sting away anymore it just might make someone more responsible for their actions.

Col.Mike I was expecting better from you. To diminish this great game by saying that SO took Gallatin lightly at the beginning of the game takes away from how hard GC played. Gallatin did not fold when South jumped on top in the second half they fought back hard and retook the lead. If a foul is a foul at anytime Jones was fouled on an attempt late then fouled again on the put back with no call. Carlton then fouled out on that play on the rebound. It was a great game that was decided by the Refs and not the kids which is the most disappointing thing to me.

When there was no contact.

Big schools or not the last three years the 31st as a whole has done quite well in the regional big schools or not.

I guarantee Steve Simpson who is a class guy and a great coach told his players they got a gift. The question now is what do they do with it. Beat Shelby!

Gallatin County is the most fun team to watch in the 8th region. They play the game the way it should be - with heart and integrity. A solid fan base that cheer their butts off every night. I am proud of this team that no one gave a chance to at the beginning of the year. Good luck to SO tomorrow night. Good Job to the team especially the seniors Zac, Bryce, and Jake.

You have got to be kidding me the kid wasn't touched. The Ref was not the deciding factor in the game South may have won it in overtime but you have to let the kids play and not take that privilege away from them. This should have been OT.