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Has anybody ever had a situation like this happen to them before? Here is what happen.
I was assigned to the 'R' position in a 3 man crew last Thursday night. Both of my partners are experienced 3 man crew officials, and experienced officials in general.
The game is flowing just beautifully. I am the 'C' position when I thought I heard the home coach call for a time out. I granted the time out. The coach informed me that he was not calling time out, but instead was trying to say something in response to what my U1 said to one of the assistant's on the way by.
The home team had just subed a new player into the game. One of the assistant coaches for the home team got off the bench to applaud to the player's efforts on the floor. The assistant coach was his way back to the end of the bench to sit down, when my U1 says something to the affect of "sit down coach, I am not going to tell you again, or I will ring you the next time."
After realizing the home coach did not want a time out, but just wanted to know why my U1 said that to the assistant for no reason at all. Now, I am telling this as the coach told me, and also my U1 backed up the coach's story. Both sets of coaches had been GREAT all night, and then my U1 appears to attempt to starting something that was not there.
I told my U1 after this situation happened to not say anything further to the home coach unless asked a question, or reporting a 5th foul to the bench because there was no need for what he did since neither bench was a problem at all throughout the whole game to that point, and neither bench was a problem the rest of the way.
To summarize this situation...what made the home coach upset was as this quoting him as he informed me of the situation during sorting out the time/or no time out call..."John, we have not said one to you guys all night long, and now to have U1(he mentioned the officials name to me though) say that, is totally uncalled for." I told the coach I understood his point and agreed with what he was saying, and assured the coach I would get to the bottom of the situation.
What would you have done differently/or the same?
[Edited by johnSandlin on Sep 13th, 2004 at 11:58 AM]
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