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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Izzo got T's up last year for yelling about a call out of the coaching box. I cannot imagine if he had acted that way he would not have been run. But not in football. They can damn near curse you out and someone suggests you just sit there. I honestly do not get that logic. I understand they are close to you and can say all kinds of things, but you pointing and on the field and nothing is done? Never will accept why that is OK.
Peace
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I guess it's a good thing I don't officiate NCAA football because I would not tolerate this behavior. I don't tolerate it in the (albeit low-level) college basketball I work, and it's funny - I have never once felt like I was going to "lose my schedule" because of enforcing sportsmanship by the coaches. I have been kept away from certain coaches for a period of time for various reasons but that is mainly a product of assigners not wanting to throw their officials into a no-win situation. I have never been "punished" with a reduced schedule or permanently kept off a school's games because of penalizing coaches.
I honestly think the fear that some officials have of these coaches is overblown. There are certainly spineless supervisors out there but I think we have to know our worth better than we do.
And it is not like every coach behaves like this - most conferences only have a couple "bad apples." Are the coaches going to gang up on the assigner because the officials throw UNS flags, especially the coaches who conduct themselves appropriately? Please. That notion is such nonsense.