I know that the tournament I was at it went pretty well. As the head official I had a couple of coaches come up and talk with me about some calls and actions by an official but that was constructive information and something I could talk to the involved ref during a down time.

I know I personally blew one call on an out of bounds takedown but nobody said anything. I think I went FREESTYLE mode on the call, which occasionally happens since I have a long history of reffing both styles. I didn't realize I blew it until we already were wrestling again and I thought about it. The coach didn't say a thing but in that case they should have. They could had asked me for a clarification since the feet did not end inbounds. I would have listened to that and realized what I had done and waived off the TD. Coaches, don't be afraid to ask for a clarification on a call if you know they may have made a mistake but also be ready to sit back down if the ref sticks with his call.

PS: When I blow a call early in the season it is usually burned into my brain and I don't do it again. We are learning the new rules right along with the coaches and wrestlers and all of us take until January before it becomes instinctive. I hope people also realize that I missed all of last season for a shoulder injury so I am "blowing off the rust" in the early season. Some of the other refs are too so give them some slack please. We need all of them.