The officiating this weekend when it came to the wrestlers of TOHK was terrible. Basically the officials were deciding the outcome of the matches instead of the kids. If you have a personal problem with a coach or a fan/parent of TOHK, you deal with them (they can be kicked out, that's what the rules are for) but don't take it out on the wrestlers. If you have a personal vendetta against a coach or fan/parent don't take it out on the kids wrestling for that club. Made it seem like there was a big conference and that it had been decided that they were out to get TOHK. The officials were not officiating using fair judgment nor were they being consistent.
Hopefully something can be done to get this resolved so that it doesn't continue. Keep in mind that this is supposed to be about the kids not about the coaches or fans/parents nor the officials.
I watched hundreds of matches and kept track of at least 25 brackets. There were some glaring differences with stalling calls from ref to ref, but overall I was impressed with the officiating. I saw several TOHK matches and saw no pattern in the calls going for or against them. I can remember two in particular that I believe were in their favor.
byzzy, I think you are not alone in the feeling that calls are going against you. Each of us watch our own wrestlers with passion and tend to remember those calls that go against us. I know from our club, I can give you extreme detail on the calls that went against us and those that I agreed with were just part of the match.
- Eric Johnson
