Which former ACC ref was the worst?

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Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Karl Hess
3
27%
Dick Paparo
1
9%
Lenny Wirtz
6
55%
Other...umm... there couldn't be anyone else, right?
1
9%
 
Total votes: 11
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Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by Lavabe » January 9th, 2015, 7:22 pm

Given the news today, who now is the worst ref in ACC history?
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by Lavabe » January 9th, 2015, 7:27 pm

In all honesty, It took everything I had not to put a fifth category "ALL OF THE ABOVE."
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by lawgrad91 » January 9th, 2015, 8:08 pm

Lavabe wrote:In all honesty, It took everything I had not to put a fifth category "ALL OF THE ABOVE."
:D
That was my first thought.

Frankly, this is really tough. :9f:
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Post by IowaDevil » January 9th, 2015, 8:43 pm

Lavabe wrote:In all honesty, It took everything I had not to put a fifth category "ALL OF THE ABOVE."
:D
It would've gotten my vote! :D
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 9th, 2015, 9:08 pm

Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by YmoBeThere » January 9th, 2015, 9:10 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote: he set the bar pretty high.
Which is quite a feat given his stature.
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by ArkieDukie » January 9th, 2015, 9:10 pm

lawgrad91 wrote:
Lavabe wrote:In all honesty, It took everything I had not to put a fifth category "ALL OF THE ABOVE."
:D
That was my first thought.

Frankly, this is really tough. :9f:
That would've been my vote as well. Tough to decide between these sucktacular options.
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by ArkieDukie » January 9th, 2015, 9:11 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
I immediately thought of Lenny but went with Hess. Also admit to my second thought being, "You suck, Dick!"
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 9th, 2015, 9:12 pm

ArkieDukie wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
I immediately thought of Lenny but went with Hess. Also admit to my second thought being, "You suck, Dick!"
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by lawgrad91 » January 9th, 2015, 9:14 pm

ArkieDukie wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
I immediately thought of Lenny but went with Hess. Also admit to my second thought being, "You suck, Dick!"
Or, "you suck, Richard!" :9f:
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by ArkieDukie » January 9th, 2015, 9:18 pm

lawgrad91 wrote:
ArkieDukie wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
I immediately thought of Lenny but went with Hess. Also admit to my second thought being, "You suck, Dick!"
Or, "you suck, Richard!" :9f:
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Oh, and I failed to mention that I came up with the suckiest refs list before I saw the options proposed by Lavabe. Great minds think alike???
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by DevilWearsPrada2.0 » January 9th, 2015, 9:51 pm

ArkieDukie wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
I immediately thought of Lenny but went with Hess. Also admit to my second thought being, "You suck, Dick!"
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I WENT WITH Dr Karl Hess also. Lenny is deceased. RIP Lenny. And Dick is a Hall of Fame Referee.......
So many people, coaches, fans, players dispise Karl Hess and his little quirky run and his holier than thou attitude!
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by ArkieDukie » January 9th, 2015, 10:21 pm

DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:
ArkieDukie wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
I immediately thought of Lenny but went with Hess. Also admit to my second thought being, "You suck, Dick!"
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I WENT WITH Dr Karl Hess also. Lenny is deceased. RIP Lenny. And Dick is a Hall of Fame Referee.......
So many people, coaches, fans, players dispise Karl Hess and his little quirky run and his holier than thou attitude!
Sorry, but HOF status does not exclude Dick from being a lousy ref. He sucked. :9f:
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by devildeac » January 9th, 2015, 11:38 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Great poll. I vote Lenny...he was the first worst for me, the one I grew up with, and honestly, he set the bar pretty high.
Don't you mean pretty low? :D
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by devildeac » January 9th, 2015, 11:41 pm

Shouldn't it be Pooparo?
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by Lavabe » January 10th, 2015, 1:22 am

In my reply on the other thread, I mentioned that Hess and Luckie reffed the same game in one of Wake's victories over Duke (including the unbelievable double technical on Paul and Ewing). That got me to wondering:

WHAT's Duke's record like when two of the three worst refs called the same game?

I mean, didn't Dick & Wirtz call a few games together? Or Dick & Hess?
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by DukePA » January 10th, 2015, 12:24 pm

Lenny, all day. Do you guys remember the plucked, plastic chicken dangling on a rope the Crazies used to taunt him with?
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Post by DevilWearsPrada2.0 » January 10th, 2015, 1:29 pm

Lavabe wrote:In my reply on the other thread, I mentioned that Hess and Luckie reffed the same game in one of Wake's victories over Duke (including the unbelievable double technical on Paul and Ewing). That got me to wondering:

WHAT's Duke's record like when two of the three worst refs called the same game?

I mean, didn't Dick & Wirtz call a few games together? Or Dick & Hess?
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by windsor » January 11th, 2015, 9:06 am

DukePA wrote:Lenny, all day. Do you guys remember the plucked, plastic chicken dangling on a rope the Crazies used to taunt him with?

I do indeed...and I also remember a "Nichols is worst" chant - so I'm going with Hank Nichols :)
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Re: Which former ACC ref was the worst?

Post by DevilWearsPrada2.0 » January 11th, 2015, 12:53 pm

http://deadspin.com/yet-another-referee ... 1678753877

Ray Natili was injured during the Baylor TCU game yesterday.

As I was told today, it doesn't look good. They will know tommorrow.

Ref Les Jones is out for a year with bone spurs and sciatica nerve.


And Dr Karl Hess is out of the ACC league. The ACC will have to reload into the ref pool of officials.
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