All referees with great prospects in front of them.

Although Brett Johns is a great referee, I don't think that Bill Milldenhall will going to be in Albury for the express and only purpose being "to watch Brett Johns Referee at Country Cup."

At least 2 underage people mentioned in this post!!

Thanks to Bretts mum for starting this post.

Brett will not make it to ABA level, let alone "all the way".

Here's why -

His technical knowledge of the rules of the game are only about a 6/10
His understanding of the game from a players point of view is only a 3/10
His communication abilities are terrible 2/10 (and that's being generous).

On the plus side, he's young, either way, he's under 18, and i think the rules of this forum don't allow talk of under18 players, and the same rules should apply for refs.

Anonymous (#112100),

I haven't had a go at Brett or his talents. I am one of his biggest supporters and would love to see him lead the New Breed of referees in SA COUNTRY.

However, by insinuating that the only reason why Bill Milldenhall would be going to Albury would be to watch Brett does a great diservice to not only his fellow referees from SA going to Albury next year, but also to the referees from the other states!

Once again, I'd like to re-iterate that I am a supporter of Brett and think that he has a great future ahead of him!

It's great, this post started with 5 referee's mentioned and it continued with Brett Johns.
What about the others people?

What you cant talk about under 18 players on the forum? Wow, why is that?

I am a coach who likes to support our young refs , if we don't we wont have any ! And please don't jdge a 15 year old kid who is learning the trade encourage him to improve on his week ares . And finaly I hear most of his evaluations arearound 80% and I recond that would be the combind total of all the refs we get given when we are at the port

Philip Mountbatten

If ypu think i am not going to make it you should say it to my face not hide behind a computer screen.

There are alot of people that think i will not make it as a referee and there are a lot of people that think that i wont make it.

i have been told that i could make FIBA by the age of 25 and NBL by the age of 22 if i keep going at the rate that i am going at.

I have had the pleasure of reffing with Brett and he shows maturity beyond his age. What people dont realise is how young he actually is, when i first met him i thought he was 17, 18, 19 years old, so to find out that he (im fairly sure) is only 15 was a huge shock.

I see a bright future for the kid and anyone who hasnt acieved what he has with the profesionalism he has at the age of 15 shouldn't pass negative judgement.

Hey Brett,

You are leaving yourself wide open for criticism whem you post on here. You are better off not responding and showing people with your game rather than trying to argue with them.

The sign of a great referee is the one who just gets on with it and keeps cool under pressure. Remember, you are always going to piss off 50% of the crown no matter what call you make.

Keep up the good work and see you at Mt Barker in the new year.

You know who I am!

I meant 50% of the crowd.

All posted from the same computer, yes.

Does that mean Brett started the entire topic himself, or someone is pretenting to be him to make him look bigheaded..?

And the dickhead who fell through the roof at Port Adelaide...

BTW, have they fixed that yet..?

Are you sure you're john Lawerence, Lawrence is spelt without 3 'e's.

It is great to see Mark Frost is not on this list.

Alex Bull is a good ref but I don't think he will make ABA because in the words of Neil Poulton, "Get a hair cut"

Neptuneboy, those three posts all written by the same person. I think you could assume, based on the third post, that it was Brett or whoever we're talking about.

I'd suggest that these younger referees stop posting in this thread as you're just embarrassing yourselves.

Embarrassing? Don't be so nice. I can't believe he started the thread himself!! HAHAHAH

Hey ME. thanks for regarding me as a good ref and just so u know i am getting a hair cut soon. I had a bet going on with mates to see who could grow there hair for the longest time, Lol.
So to ME and Neil, i am getting a hair cut very very soon.

im a good ref :(

Bully's a fair ref, just s--- at backyard cricket.

I started to think the posts were from the same person when the spelling was consistently shite.

Brett did not start this post
Actually, he is now an ABA official (Rookie) so for the poster who stated he would never make that level - I am sure Brett would appreciate your apology