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I would like to thank everyone for their help and suggestions. You guys are the reason I started officiating. About 3 years ago, I started lurking on this board (got the URL from a coaches forum)to find out why all the refs I had during my games were so bad (not realizing mostly all of them were first or second year refs, or refs that had not passed their exams). At that time I was coaching 7th and 8th grade boys and 5th and 6th grade girls (very small school, no one volunteered, so I did it). After reading here, I really started watching the refs and saw they were trying to apply things they learned from class into the games, and my talking, yelling, et al did not help them concentrate on their games. I was probably making them worse than they really were.
I really love the game. Played HS, College, coached every level (still coaching AAU in the spring)except college, and now reffing at 49. You old timers (not age, just board time) have helped me in every aspect of the game especially Mick, ChuckElias, JR, Rut, Dan_ref, tomegun, Back in the Saddle, and BktBallRef.
I have read with great interest how RainMaker has evolved as a ref and just hope I can come close to being as understanding and as good as she is.
And BktBallRef do you know me? Your post:
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Well, it's all pretty much been said. What have we learned?
#1 - Don't bait the coach.
#2 - When he gets ugly, give him a stern warning.
#3 - The next time he gets ugly, bust his a$$, and get away.
#4 - BUT, if you can't get away and he wants another one, give it to him.
Now, aren't you ashamed of your behavior when you were a coach?
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How did you know my behavior was that bad? And yes, looking back I am very much ashamed of the way I acted in some games (although not quite as bad as what happened to me, I usually stopped after the first "T").
Again, thank you to all. By the way did a CYO pre Christmas tourney championship game last night, close game all the way until the end when one of the teams nailed 3 straight 3 pointers. Had a blast. Still need work with my mechanics and am sometimes calling in my partners primary (sometimes I see things and react quickly, need to slow down and trust my partner, and probably shouldn't even be looking there) but overall I really had fun! It is a good feeling when the losing coach shakes your hand and says good game. That's how I know I called a decent game.
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