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Originally posted by tomegun
I'm sorry if you took what I said that way.
I honestly did not mean to offend you but sometimes your posts cause me to remember that right now you think like a coach most of the time. I have played as recently as last month in an over-30 league and I thought like a player. It is just a different mindset thats all. Things I would say in a discussion in player mode I would not say in a discussion in ref mode. Does one help the other? Absolutely, but they must remain apart.
Again, I'm sorry if I offended you. That is not what this is about.
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It's pretty hard to offend me - I take everything for what it's worth. But let's be clar - I was more put off by your strong hints that I don't know what's going on on the floor because I am a coach and confined to the sideline than by any suggestion that I bring a coach's perspective to the forum. Your post connected the two thoughts, indicating that not only do I bring a coach's perspective, but that such a perspective is by its nature uninformed. It is that aspct of your post that I take issue with.
Of course I bring a coach's perspective, although I would also argue it is a bit broader than that of a coach during a game trying to win that game. I don't come here like some to whine about how the refs hosed me. I don't come here trying to win a game - that is the coach or player's perspective during a game. A good coach after the game is very self-critical, evaluates every aspect of the game, and determines how to improve based on that evaluation.
I also spend a good deal of time watching games in which I have no stake in order to learn, probably more than many refs (not all, but many - you guys clearly spend a lot of time watching and improving!). So you aren't offended, I also watch more games than many of my fellow coaches, and more than most players. And I observe all aspects of the game, including how it is officiated. You learn more from watching officials in games where you don't care what the calls are than in games where you have a bias.
So it is right to say I have a coach's perspective, but the thoughts you tie to that idea are what matters most. At times, you come off sounding like it is a perspective you can disregard with a "consider the source" type of attitude. And it doesn't really offend me, but it will draw a response when I feel a post challenges my authority or credibility (the latter being far more important, IMO).