No big deal

I went to Flowery branch this morning for a USA tournament. There were a little over 40 wrestlers. It was small, but had two mats full of wrestling. Team Georgia is looking to subsidies the preseason tournaments  to increase numbers, but I will leave that announcement up to the board.
I have gotten the opportunity to watch a variety of officials work over the last couple of tournaments. I watched two different associations work, and a variety of experience levels from first year to veteran put in some time calling matches. Don't get me wrong, I watched plenty of wrestling, but I will be doing some officiating at Eastside next weekend, and I am watching how people officiate as much as anything else. I am not here to criticize officials, and that is not something you will ever see on my blog. I don't always agree with every cal  I see, and sometimes I even take the time to discuss it with the officials who make the call. I get their perspective, and give them mine, and sometimes it leads to some productive conversations. Unfortunately, I do not have these conversations with many officials that I do not know.  Fortunately, I know most of the officials.
I will have more to post next week after I knock the dust off and blow some calls myself. Wait that is not what I meant to say, I meant to say blow the whistle.