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Message: [QUOTE="Hi-Low, post: 4114259, member: 2265"] Not blaming the Refs for our loss today, even though they sucked. [I] Official Tony Padilla (Gonzaga alum) is such a putz. Direct quotes from him: “In basketball, I’m the lawman. I’m putting the gavel down every time I put air in the whistle." "I’m more of a quiet guy,” he said. “I don’t really stimulate much conversation [with the players]. I just try to go about my business under the radar. I let the game come to me. If I have to be bold and brash, then I increase the level of intensity. The more I can stay out of the way and let the players play and the coaches coach, the better off the game will be." “Being a basketball official is kind of like the priesthood. You have a calling for it." Also from the article: He started doing intramural games when he was a student at Gonzaga, where he was a member of the baseball team.[/I] [/QUOTE]