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Originally posted by BamaRef
... However, theres nothing NON- PROFFESIONAL about given a warning. I do it all the time. Early in a game I often tell players to get out of the key, watch the hand checking (oops, illegal use of the hands) and so forth. I even go so far as to tell the defender on a inbounds play not to break the plane. These are all acceptable warnings, why not warnings to coaches to keep their mouths shut? If it doesn't work, I can still pull out the T and whack them.
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As you mentioned, I agree that there are many
"warnings" offered during the course of play which are quite acceptable. In regards to my
professionalism comment, I am referring to the
jawing that occurs between some officials and coaches. Like I said "...trying to yell back at a coach, offer stern warnings for something, give a wisecrack response to a wisecrack comment, or issue commands to the coach with a raised voice or in a colorful manner. To warn a coach to keep his mouth shut, well, if that is ok in your book then more power to ya brother.
If you worked for me and operated that way, we would certainly have a discussion about your style of interaction with coaches.