Ray Scapinello

This book lists the subject (Ray Scampinello) and a co-writer, but it is written in third person, probably so it can often contain glowing words about the subject. Sorry, autobiographies (co-writer, listed ghostwriter, or silent ghostwriter) should be written in first person without all of the “he’s such a great person/greatest linesman EVER” descriptions. This is probably also the poorest writing I’ve encountered in a book with a professional co-writer.
Some of the anecdotes in the book are interesting, but there’s too much fluff separating them and too much bad writing to suffer through to get to them. I really wanted to like this book but I was very disappointed in it.… (mais)

Very fun read. All positive - you won't get any dirt here. Told via quotes from fellow officials as well as Scapinello. Simpson makes it flow very nicely and stays out of it with the exception of the chapter on the Igor Larionov retirement game. That chapter is a bit annoying with its Q&A and insertion of Simpson as a personality, but the quotes as laid out there from Scapinello show off what a nice job Simpson did with the rest of the book. While it does have biographical info on Scapinello it is much more the story of his personality and that of his fellow officials.… (mais)