Unprofessionalism

Had a very bad experience yesterday with Jeremy Ruble judging a show we were in.  It is one thing to sort the cattle inconsistently.  The things that bothered me most were taking a selfie of himself in the ring, snapchatting while in the ring and the thing that topped it off was excusing junior exhibitors from a showmanship class when he asked them which local college team they were a fan of, the kids who weren't for the same school as he liked were dismissed from the ring.  I feel this is totally unfair the kids showing their projects, to be discounted for something that entirely doesn't relate to the cattle they were showing.  This is one individual who I feel should not judge any shows at any level if he is not going to conduct himself in a professional manner while working a livestock ring. 

You had to make a new profile for this???  Send a letter to the selection committee with your concerns and they will usually take action.  Or for faster results talk to the judge after the show, sometimes there is a misunderstanding between judge and exhibitor and it let's him know that that may have been a boneheaded thing to do.  Most judges aren't evil they just do some bonehead things sometimes and I promise you they won't do them at the next show. 
One year a showmanship judge told kids to put their thumb in the corner of the lambs mouth as they where holding them. Several kids got bitten. Not evil just boneheaded, and I never saw him do that at another show.
Every judge I know wants feedback after a show (many times during). Leave your emotion in the stall and just have a conversation you may both get some clarity.

Nice first post. I see your from the school of  :'(

Wasn't saying anything about getting beat, I am fine with it if it is justified.  Just not fair to eliminate kids based on something not related at all to showing.  Have already talked to the selection committee, pretty sure he won't be back next year.

I do not know Ruble so am only going on the original post.  But what the judge did was not "boneheaded" but totally inexcusable.  Using a cell phone while judging??? (I do not care the reason.)
Selfie in the ring? (Refer to above)
Judging showmanship based on a collegiate choice?
Those things are not "boneheaded" but unprofessional and inexcusable.  Maybe venting on here was not the "politically correct" thing to do, but sounds like he did talk to the committee so he/she did the right thing.  I would doubt if talking to the judge would have accomplished much but maybe could have gotten his side of the collegiate question (that is the only thing that he might have been able to explain away.)

Judges need to be super aware that EVERYTHING they do is seen and heard. Sort of like a teacher or politician.  The kids worked hard to have their 5 minutes in the ring. The least the judge could do is give them their undivided attention.

There's no excuse for the cell phone in the ring thing, but which college team do you root for???  Do you know for a fact that he asked every kid in the ring and excused every one he didn't agree with, or did your kid just happen to like the wrong team and also just happen not to make the final cut in showmanship? 

^ almost certainly the latter.

Should one expect the same level of formality/professionalism at these podunk jackpots as they do at the state level shows? 

I do not believe so Xbar. There is a major drop in quality of judges at podunk shows very rarely are these judges vying or wanting to possibly judge a major some day in my opinion most of time it is a good friend putting on a show and they ask their buddy that has some knowledge to come judge. There are exceptions but most of the time this is what I see happening.

Young inexperienced people do things that ain't real smart but they ain't been enough miles to know better.  Heck, he was so tickled to be there, he wanted a picture.

cowman 52 said:

Young inexperienced people do things that ain't real smart but they ain't been enough miles to know better.  Heck, he was so tickled to be there, he wanted a picture.

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I heard he was judging Denver in 2015...

The people on the hill in Colorado ain't any better.

Looks like Denver judge for 2015 is Marshall Ruble Jermie's father.

jd438 said:

Looks like Denver judge for 2015 is Marshall Ruble Jermie's father.

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If that's true, the apple tree may need some pruning. Probably a little blistering on the apples.

The only thing that should matter is how he placed the calves.  How did he do?  All else is irrelevant. 

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The only thing that should matter is how he placed the calves.  How did he do?  All else is irrelevant.

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Morality vs legal argument again huh?  Say your daughter was showing and he started saying inappropriate stuff and then started spouting it off over the microphone,  started touching her instead of the calf. Your argument doesn't hold.

knabe said:

-XBAR- said:

The only thing that should matter is how he placed the calves.  How did he do?  All else is irrelevant.

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Morality vs legal argument again huh?  Say your daughter was showing and he started saying inappropriate stuff and then started spouting it off over the microphone,  started touching her instead of the calf. Your argument doesn't hold.

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Was it not implicit I was referring to 'victimless' actions when I said, "all else is irrelevant?"  In the event it wasn't, I was referring to things such as his demeanor or his appearance. Did he shave? Was he on his phone? White shirt? blah blah blah  Too often people get caught up in the irrelevancy of these issues and fail to focus on the operative- "did the judge correctly place the calves?"

Define "Correctly".

Steve123 said:

Define "Correctly".

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Ranking in order of most superior to least superior as dictated by functional beef cattle selection protocol.

Don't know about situation but Jeremys dad Marshall is a very good judge of cattle.He has done our county fair and also some open shows and he was right on.I know he hasn't been doing as many due to his work and is getting older like all of us older generation guys.

It wasn't implicit.


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