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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by icallfouls
As an example, a few years ago we had an official that was working a JV game where the V coach was in the upper area of the gym, which makes him more of a fan than a coach in this case. The coach was commenting on the officiating. This coach has worked at the D1 level and regularly sends kids from his program to the D1 level as well. This only means that he has seen alot of basketball and has some credibility himself. Anyway, the referee decided to toss the coach rather than asking someone from game management to take care of it. The official told him that he would not be allowed to work the V game later that night. Needless to say, that official got a call from the assignor and had the remainder of his schedule suspended for that year.
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I gotta tell you I am not impressed by your friend's behavior.
If that coach has experience up to D1 then he must realize JV officials generally work JV for a reason. Same reason, generally, that JV players play JV. As a "big time coach" he should have not lowered himself to fan status & should have just kept his damn comments to himself & worried about his own game which was to follow.
As for the official getting his schedule yanked - he's better off not having to work JV games for that assignor.
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Danref,
First of all this is not a friend of mine, merely an example of an official that might have done better trying to find a different approach to dealing with a difficult situation.
The coach chose to be a fan of his underclassmen and is entitled to his opinion. The program is under his direction and he is entitled watch their progress. JV players do swing up to V after all. As you know, fans (be they parents, coaches, AD's, teachers or whatever) just don't sit there quietly when they think an official has made a mistake or is wrong. They will tell you about it. They have a certain amount of rights to do so. The fan/coach in this situation was only commenting on the officiating and was not being profane, or making insensitive comments. As far as JV officials being JV officials for a reason, I do not disagree, but that doesn't give them license to misapply rules. It is hard for assignors to defend officials that misapply rules, they can defend judgment and hustle.
Second, in regard to the assignor pulling games and how they would be better served to not work for such an assignor. It is ignorant to think that this doesn't happen. Look at any level you choose, and you will find that referees have been suspended for various duration for various things. You certainly have a right to not work for any assignor, but in the end the assignor is responsible to the schools serviced. Like it or not, the schools have input on the officials that they want on their floors and the assignors take a certain amount of input from them. Coach K, for example gets to take ACC officials on non-conference road trips
[Edited by icallfouls on Jun 16th, 2005 at 02:10 PM]