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Originally posted by JeffRef
This is obviously a "problem coach".
His antics should have been discussed during the pre-game. A "problem coach" must be dealt with immediately (i.e. first few minutes of the game). He must know and understand what will be tolerated during the game.
At the first sign of things going wrong, talk to him sternly and let him know your crew will not put up with his sh*t. Sometimes this is enough. Sometimes it's not, especially if he doesn't know the crew. He'll test you later in the game. The instant he crosses the line, he gets whacked! (quickly and firmly like he doesn't know what hit em'). Then it's up to him whether he wants to stay and coach or test the crew again.
Ideally all of this would happen within the first 4 or 5 minutes.
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Jeff, these are all great points but we have to remember that this was AAU, which means doing 2, 3, 4 (yuch!) games in a row, you get maybe 5 minutes for pregame (you burn
3 of them to use the facilities), you usually don't know who
the opponents will be, sometimes you recognize who they are
and the level of play is very inconsistent. And then, to
top it off, you find yourself in a girls 32 point blow-out,
you kick into cruise control and hope the thing ends quickly
& painlessley. I'm not making excuses for these folks, I
agree with you that the time to have taken care of business
was much earlier but they didn't. But now we're way beyond
that and Coach A has decided to look you in the eye and
publicly insult you and your partner, and as Mark points
out this goes beyond your run-of-the-mill insult. Coach
A's behavior has little to do with basketball. T him & eject
him, let the tourney directors sort out what to do with him
next.