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Originally posted by mick
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If by some unimagined chance the coach actually answered the questions seriously, why then would we punish him for his truth?
[/B][/QUOTE]Probably for the same reason that I'd punish him for
his "truth" if he swore at me, Mick. To me, this coach is trying to either work, belittle or intimidate the officials before they've been given a chance to show how competent(or incompetent) they really are. He's making a mockery of the whole sportsmanship idea of this procedure. I'd ask him if he was serious- so that he couldn't use the excuse later that he was kidding. If he said "yes", whack.
Note that I didn't say whether I agreed with this procedure or not. To me, that isn't relevant at all. ReadyToRef has no choice but to ask these questions- that's mandated to him, and the coach has probably already been informed from his league/state office exactly why these questions are being asked. Just because the questions are mandatory doesn't provide the coach with a forum to expound on all of his perceived grievances with previous officials.
Again, just my own 4-hour-later but still grumpy opinion.