In my 34 seasons of officiating HS football I have seen
only a handful of lunatic coaches who lose control during
a game. I'm hoping that few is the "norm" !
Most coaches at the varisty level are cool, calm, knowledgeable
people; many are teachers in their schools. This helps big time
as they are always under the mircoscope of their school
administrators and school boards. This is one reason why I never
worked any local youth leagues like Pop Warner or any "adult"
leagues like flag-football or semi-pro ball. I feel more comfortable with the "hammer" of the organized high school systems.
I've never seen a Varisty coach ejected in any game I worked;
but have heard of a few.
Do some coaches get upset over some situations ? Sure they do-
they are humans too ! As long as they do not get "personal" or
use the "magic word" I'd let them have their say-- being a good
listener goes a long way to being a good official.
Read the NF magazine for this past fall. It had a couple of
excellant articles on these kinds of topics !!
Hope your games are all fun !!
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