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Originally posted by johnSandlin
I told my U1 after this situation happened to not say anything further to the home coach
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John, have you thought about maybe ASKING "your" U1 something...instead of TELLING him the way it's going to be. Albeit...he was acting like a jerk (maybe trying to upstage you for some reason) but you did state that he was an experienced official. I don't know many experienced officials that would want to be talked to like that.
I gotta tell ya Big John...if you TOLD me not to say anything further to a Coach during a game...we are definetly starting (or continuing) our "history" with a discussion at half time or after the game.
EXAMPLE:
Dan-Ref: "Hey, JR, DO NOT say anything else to the home coach for the rest of the game."
JR: "Yes sir MR R, I'm your U1...whatever you say."
Chuck: "Hey I'm your U2...do I get a say in this?"
IMO, Chuck had an excellent reply to the Coach. He defused the situation and kept "your" team image intact.
Chucks reply:
"Coach, I honestly don't know what happened. I'd guess that U1 heard something that he thought came from your assistant. I'll pass along that nothing was said and we'll forget it happened."
[Edited by RookieDude on Sep 20th, 2004 at 02:43 PM]