Sat Oct 30, 2004, 10:40am
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Re: Re: T's at Scrimmage
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by rwest
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
A coach has to be a really out of control jerk for me to T him in a scrimmage.
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I'm not sure I agree. The purposes of scrimmages is to simulate real game situations and for everyone involved to get ready for the season: coaches, players and refs. During a scrimmage do we call a block/charge the same way we would during the regular season? Sure, we do. We better. We're being evaluated. Are we not going to T up players and eject them for fighting? Sure we are. So why protect the coach, when we won't protect the players? Why are we more lenient on T's when in comes to the coaches behavior? What warrants a T in regular season should warrant a T during pre-season. I mean, a coach has to cross a line before I T'm him up. I don't have a quick trigger.
Dan, I was of the same opinion as you until earlier this year when I was involved in a scrimmage game. We were having problems with the home team coach. During a break we made a comment to the evaluator that we wished we could T him up. The evalutor replied, I'd have already T'd him. Guess what happened when play resumed and the coach slammed the bench! TWEET!
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I'll never forget a former supervisor of mine -- when told an official whacked a coach during a scrimmage, he said:
"You did what? If you have to whack a coach during a scrimmage, you put the ball in the table and go to the house. Nobody should work for free and take crap."
And that's been my theory ever since.
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Free?
Nope, I don't think so.
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