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Welcome to David Libbey's world, where it has to be arbitrary rather than collegial. Where one cup of controversy overrides a bucket of fairness. Where Arizona fans forget that he "saved" their team a couple of years ago in the final seconds by making a charging call on Oregon's Aaron Brooks.
"There was no talk about that," he said with some bitterness, referring to the reaction over the Hill call. "Only when it benefits or doesn't benefit. There's no neutrality. All this stuff I'm hearing, all these blogs ... I could [care less]."
Libbey is the West's most recognizable official, its most noted, maybe even its most notorious.
There's the good Libbey: Unswerving, in complete control, gutsy, unafraid.
And the bad Libbey: Hair-trigger, occasionally imposing on the game, sometimes theatrical.
He's the guy coaches will roll their eyes over but will be happy to see if they're on the road, knowing he'll make the unpopular call.
"There was no talk about that," he said with some bitterness, referring to the reaction over the Hill call. "Only when it benefits or doesn't benefit. There's no neutrality. All this stuff I'm hearing, all these blogs ... I could [care less]."
Libbey is the West's most recognizable official, its most noted, maybe even its most notorious.
There's the good Libbey: Unswerving, in complete control, gutsy, unafraid.
And the bad Libbey: Hair-trigger, occasionally imposing on the game, sometimes theatrical.
He's the guy coaches will roll their eyes over but will be happy to see if they're on the road, knowing he'll make the unpopular call.
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