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Originally posted by JRutledge
[BYes. I said MOST. I mean MOST. And most is not the 20 year vet.
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I agree with this statement. IMO it is true but high school coaches probably get more Ts than college coaches. This relationship is different on the two levels. The high school coach doesn't know when/how to ask a question and/or argue. The high school coach also doesn't know how to let something go. At the same time some high school refs don't know how to talk, laugh, answer, reach a stopping point and administer a T. Some base their security on whether a coach says "good job" or not. Some assume everything will go OK. We have to plan for many situations taking the climate of the game into account and many high school officials do not do this. I will go one step further than JRut. I think most of the increase in Ts will come from officials who have never officiated a college game. I say this because they have always been across court and this will be totally new.
An example: We were having a pre-game before the state final. My two partners had not seen one of the coaches because he was from my area. So I tell them that this coach is a nice guy but he can go too far and earn a T. One of my partners says "oh, he will be OK." So, I'm like OK whatever. So we are in the first quarter and a call was made right him front of him and I'm the C across court. He has a tantrum and I'm just watching. All I needed was some popcorn. Fans in the stands going nuts, what's going to happen? Technical foul (by the official who didn't make the comment in the locker room). I thought he would be OK? He calmed down and went on to win state by two points. I think Nevadaref was on the table (blowing the horn all the time
) This situation wasn't the ugliest but it could have been handled a little smoother if he had accepted my comments in the pre-game and been ready for anything. Nevada, was my story pretty accurate?