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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by shont
IT was at the end of the game. I don't appreciate you trying to blame the coaches poor sportsmanship on me either!
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It makes no difference whether it's the end of the game or not. Your jurisdiction does not end until you leave the "visual confines of the playing area." The purpose of this rule is to allow you to handle situations such as this. Do you not realize this rule exists?
You and your partner(s) should have immediately stopped, went to the scorer and told him/her to record that the head coach had received a flagrant technical foul and is ejected. Then, you file a report with your assignor/state association or whoever and document the coach's behavior.
You can be offended all you want but if you're good enough to accept a varsity assignment, you should know what to do in a situation such as this.
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I hate to tell you this shont...well, maybe I don't hate to tell you...but, BBR is absolutely correct.
This, almost exact, situation happened to a fellow official and friend of mine a couple weeks ago. Not to mention any names but he posts here once in a while.
As he was leaving the court...the losing Varsity coach comes up to him and grabs his arm saying, "YOU F***** US"!!!
Boom...Flagrant T...official went to book and logged it...called his assignor after the game...and the coach had to sit out his next Varsity game. Good job on my buddy's part!
(Not sure what the state is doing about it now)
So yes...shont...you have the power to stop this behavior, at least while you are within the visual confines of the court...game over or not.
BTW, I am not blaming you for the coach's bad behavior...and I didn't blame my friend...although I did have a suggestion to get thehell outta there so he might not be as likely to have this type of situation come up.