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Originally posted by CYO Butch
Frankly, I think there may be more, probably deserved, personal animosity from officials toward coaches than there is from coaches toward officials. Coaches, however, are often VERY competitive and emotional.
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It's been the hardest thing to get used to for me, the yelling during the game, and then the friendly cordiality (my new word for the day) afterwards.
I worked for a coach last summer who organizes a summer league every year. I assigned all the refs. I carefully didn't put myself on his games, since I thought it might be a problem. But in the first week, of course, I ended up in his gym because of a last minute cancellation by one of my refs. In fact, Padgett was my partner for that game. The next week the guy called me and asked if Padgett and I could just do all the rest of his games.
And it wasn't because we'd given him any slack, either. We both call a tight game, and his team is EXTREMELY physical. He yelled, complained and fussed through the whole thing. But the rest of the season, we got along great -- when we were off the floor. It was good for me to learn that coaches can do the love/hate thing. Now all I have to do is learn to handle it myself.