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Originally posted by Chess Ref
okay. Your thread makes sense and I can live with that. On a personal level The glad-handing aspect is just something I don't like and even more so because i will end up being the bad cop for the night. It just seems unprofessional.
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I do not know what you mean by glad-handing, I was not there. I am just stating that officials and coaches are not supposed to be enemies. Over the years I have seen coaches grow up in the game just like I have. Coaches tend to greet officials they know and say hi and many times talk to them about things they might have some knowledge about. I have a friend that is working a playoff game later this season and both coaches actually coached his daughter at the same program. It just happens to be that both coaches have moved to different programs and by happenstance he will see both coaches in one of his games. It is not going to surprise me if the coaches acknowledge this official and how they know him. If you do this long enough you will find some coaches that will grow to the higher levels at the same rate that you will. So if this is your first year, it might be in 5 to 6 years you run into some coaches that will be working varsity when you are. Not all of them are going to be at the same schools. Some will get a shot at another school and you will work their games. You will have some relationship with them on some level. It is not totally unavoidable to find coaches that will get to know you. It is just how you conduct those relationships.
Peace