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Had a first year official for a partner last night who is going to be a good official. In a GJV game, right before halftime, he has a PC foul against the visiting team. Not the most solid PC foul, but not out there in Neverland either. The head varsity coach who was in the stands watching his JV team play, came down to where my partner was inbounding the ball and said something close to the following, "She didn't hit her hard enough to make her fall down." My young colleague's response was, "shut up and go sit down." As you can imagine, this did not go over well. An argument ensued between the two. I stepped in and told the coach we would discuss the matter at halftime, which we did.
As the half ended, my partner told me what had happened. After taking care of business at the table, we meet outside the gym with the Varsity head coach. He began my saying how unprofessional my partner was. I stopped him right there and told him this, "coach there were two unprofessional people here tonight, you for coming out of the stands to complain and my partner for his comment. We all need to learn from this and be better in the future. Good luck in your game tonight, goodbye." We turned and walked away.
If I can pass on one piece of advise for any new or young official that would be, don't tell anyone, player, coach, or fan to shut up. There are better ways to handle situations like this. IMO
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