Personal Foul. Tim Donaghy
the 2006-07 season, we had four group supervisors: Jim Wishmier, Mike Lauerman, Tommy Nunez Sr., and Jim Capers Sr. (Every once in a while, Joe Borgia, who was in charge of training and development, would also show up to observe a game.)
I was totally amazed that these five guys were chosen as supervisors. Wishmier and Lauerman were both fired during their referee careers. Tony Brothers, a referee who was hired around the same time I was, once told Stu Jackson, “It’s no big deal getting fired from this job, because I can always come back and be a supervisor!” A truer statement has never been spoken. I can’t think of any other business where you can get fired and come back as a boss.
Nunez had a 30-year career, but many of the refs knew he wasn’t meant for a management position, and he sure as hell couldn’t train officials. Talk about a guy who liked the action—Nunez had been going to casinos for 25 years and could barely pass a corner market without buying a lottery ticket. The people in the NBA office knew about his hobby, but as usual, they closed their eyes and kept paying lip service to the idea that there were no gamblers in the league. Nunez never stopped talking about the slots and blackjack tables. And we were supposed to take direction from him? The only thing he could give me direction on was how to play craps at the casino. He even went so far as to tell us that he had connections for free rooms in Vegas if we ever needed them.
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