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Those refs...
- Thread starter thefish7
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The three refs who did yesterday's BU game are not guys who do a lot of MVC games......I actually did NOT recognize any of them except the 3rd guy who was vaguely familiar from past years, and here's why..
two of them have never done a single Bradley game in the past 13 seasons......
-David Maracich has done only two MVC games this season and yesterday was the only BU game.
In checking his numbers all the way back to 1996, this is the very first Bradley game he's ever done!!!
In fact, this is the first season he has ever done a single Valley game!
-Sean Casey has done ONLY two Valley conference games, and 3 other non-conference games involving a Valley team. This is the first game he's done involving Bradley.
In fact, in the past 12 seasons, he has never done a game involving Bradley!
-David Warfel has done only 7 games involving MVC teams and only 4 conference games.
This was his 2nd game involving BU (East Tennessee State) this season but he's only done a dozen Bradley games since 1996.
Interesting, though, going all the way back to 1996, he has never reffed a single game that didn't involve at least one Valley team...in other words, he ONLY does Valley games.
That blows the smitereens out of the opinion and claims by some that there is NO such thing as a Valley ref!!!
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/david-warfel/conferences
I recognized the third....although he's lost a lot of hair
leebiddlecome
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Tornado, sure some guys do Valley games. But they also do Horizon League, Summit, Big Ten, D2, etc.
There isn't a single guy employed solely by the Missouri Valley Conference.
There isn't a single guy employed solely by the Missouri Valley Conference.
leebiddlecome
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That site does not show D2, D3 or NAIA games. Again, guys are independent contractors. They don't sign contracts to only officiate games in a certain league.
Do they do alot of one league? Sure. But they are free to do other games.
Do they do alot of one league? Sure. But they are free to do other games.
Master of the obvious aren't we? The fact is that the MVC does not spend a lot of money on their refs and I really do not see Refs that do BCS schools go down stream to do MVC games. That is what we are talking about is that the MVC does not do itself any favors by skimping out on the quality of refs. Officiating is an important aspect of the game and it does impact the overall quality of our league.
leebiddlecome I'm not sure what you are getting at
MacabreMob
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Master of the obvious aren't we? The fact is that the MVC does not spend a lot of money on their refs and I really do not see Refs that do BCS schools go down stream to do MVC games. That is what we are talking about is that the MVC does not do itself any favors by skimping out on the quality of refs. Officiating is an important aspect of the game and it does impact the overall quality of our league.
leebiddlecome I'm not sure what you are getting at
SFP - I know the MVC can't out-spend the BCS leagues... but they have upped their ante to get better officials. And I have seen some refs doing MVC games as well as some BCS games.
I think it's games like last Saturday, when the MVC is looking to get the better officials for the "bigger" games... and I'm sure the Creighton/SIU game got sent the better crew.
But don't misunderstand me. I look at every game Bradley plays as a big game. Every single one of them. This is D1 hoops... every team better take that approach for each game or sometimes you see a Loyola win at Butler or an Indiana St win at UNI.
Sounds like a fair market price these MVC refs should be asking for next year at some location far far away!:mrgreen: