You just don’t.

There are some officials out there that are genuine, decent fellows, that have some odd affection for the purity of the game, coupled with tolerance of a hectic, nomadic lifestyle of hotel-jumping and showers of mass public ire.

Unfortunately, beyond the chosen few, I think these same aspects make it an inevitable self-selection of miscreants, characterized by insecurity-masked-as-raging-egomania — borderline sociopaths — like Hess, Valentine, and co., whose desire to be thought of as important bears itself out in their desperate attempts to gain favor with the “rock star” coaches like K, Gary & Roy Williams, etc.

Our only hope is to attain that same “excellence equity” that Coach K himself aspired to as a young buck up in Durham. Until then, we will continue to be plagued by these toadies that long for the affection of the “cool kids,” whose approving nods are the ultimate fulfillment of their pursuits.

the maryland kid that finds it nessary to wobble like he is trying to shake herpies off himself everytime he drains a three???? You cant control what the refs are gonna do. No matter how tuff the call was its totally unclassy to throw a liquid at the ref. Maybe one should right a fanshot on the proper way to act as a nole fan. We should in no way condone an individual acting like a 3 year old who couldnt get the afternoon snack he wanted. JMO please dont jump all over me!

I witnessed the kid in cuffs after the game. His father was arguing with police officers who were instructing him to leave the area or risk getting cuffed himself. I then overheard a civic center employee telling another one about the bottle of lotion, a tiny, travel size bottle.

Not that those details really matter. Just thought I’d share.

More importantly: don’t these refs get reviews? Why are they still employed? Perhaps my memory is faulty, but I feel like Hess was on the crew several years ago when we lost at home to GT. I believe it was a team with Jarrett Jack, where a foul was called with less than a second to play and we were up by 1. They hit both free throws to steal the game. I remember their player laughing at the call. Like I said, details may be skewed, but I think I am correct. Regardless, it’s always the worst experience watching a game and even noticing the officials at all.

I swear. But, Touche. I did catch 2 t-shirts and resisted the urge to hurl ‘em his way. Hey, 9 O’clock tip was late. I had more than a few brews in the system by that point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQb2m6VJ-eo