MOUNT VERNON — As Colt Football playoffs begin this weekend, there will be normal when the pads, clapping from coaches, Cheering from parents and fans. But for a team, there are some fans and even fewer jubilation.
John Corbett is a judge, and the crew chief. on this day, as he has done every week during the football season for the past three years, will he leads a team of three officials to keep the peace on a 100-yard stretch of field at Mount Vernon high school.
Retired computer Programmer Corbett began his acting career in 1968. He was strictly a baseball umpire in the year, including a stint in the minor leagues in the 1970s.Later, convicted he almost every team sport on students ' personal level. His first job as a football referee was 20 years ago. He fell in love with the job immediately.
"Football is my favorite, I think. just as I have been involved in each game.As a judge you work in free with control of the game. I enjoy this aspect of it, "said Mr Corbett.
As a certified official in the State of Ohio, he is qualified to operate almost any sport. But he goes out of its way to play judge to Colt football.
"I do a lot of travel. I have my roots at this level.I coached in a while.It takes me back, "Corbett said.
Each group has its fans and its opponents. This is not true for the judge.He does not listen to his fans, he will not receive applause. instead, boos and insulting. But a judge learns how to keep this from any effect in particular. one who officiates everything from colt football to high school.
"A Friday evening, because of the overall crowd noise, you can't hear any one person, very often," Corbett said. " But less plan, you can hear everything. "
Corbett says, he is more concerned with earning respect for the players and the coaches.
"Not always satisfied with what we do either. it is part of the game," says Mr Corbett.
This can be all too true. In last Sunday's Big game between the Vikings and big Cubs heard coaches and fans made their opinions in the whole.
"It is an illegal defence ref!"
"He kneed him in the head!Come! "
"Where is the call, ref?"
All on consecutive plays.
"You will never please the fans, so you should just grin and bear it," Corbett said.
Not to pick on the fans and coaches of Big Vikings nor Big Cubs.Similar shouts could be heard in all games on this day, and last week's game.And the week before the judge was Mr Corbett. Sometimes.Sometimes was another.The expected nothing.It was a man in a black and white stripped shirt.So he was the target.
"The best way to handle the fans is to ignore them, as soon as you recognise them, they will know they will get under your skin," Corbett said.
Buses, may, however, cannot be ignored; they are a part of the game, and as a judge Corbett has to recognise them.
"If the coach has a complaint about a call, I will try to listen to him when he gets, but personal, it is when I draw the line," Corbett said.
A lot of problems, he says, comes from the knowledge of the game.
"We have several problems at the lower levels, really, because of the experience gained from the coaches, sometimes you'll get. coach (at a lower level) who is just a volunteer, and who are just there because his kid plays," Corbett said.
' But there are exceptions, so I try to be patient and to treat them all straight, "he added.
Corbett will once again this Sunday, when the first round of the Colt Football playoffs place. once again, he will probably not get any jubilation. he gets applause. He will not sign autographs. He is a Colt football referee. and he would have wanted it any other way.
bdavis@mountvernonnews.com
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