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Nothing you said here excuses what you claim is a big time coach from sitting in the stands acting like a jerk. A varsity HS coach has nothing in common with the nameless and faceless fans in the stands. If he wants to act like some jerk in the stands then he needs to take his punishment like any jerk in the stands and not get on the phone to ruin some JV official.
And I never said schedules aren't pulled. All I said was this official is better off not working JV games for that assignor who caves in under pressure from Mr Big Time Varsity Coach. If the success of his JV squad is so important to him maybe Mr Big Time Varsity Coach should sit on the bench and act as the JV assistant. Instead of yelling at the JV officials from the stands.
And I have no idea what the Coach K has to do with a JV HS game.
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I will say this, regardless of whether or not the coach/fan was being a jerk does not matter. The official T'd up this fan (rules here are: if they are seated behind the bench in the first 2 rows, they are with the team, if not, they are considered fans) and then threw him out of the gym and informed him that he could not coach the V game. The official had other options and misapplied (not the first time) the rule, which is my point. The assignor cannot defend this, but hope that the official learns from it. BTW, the suspension lasted the rest of the season (4 or 5 games if I remember correctly). Misapplication of rules is a suspendable act available to assignors.
As far as coach K, it is merely an example, if it helps, this area allows schools to de-list (blackball if you prefer) up to 2 officials per year. The example is that coaches have input into who works where.
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