[tomegun]

I think you should be yourself and handle it any way you would handle a situation off the court, diplomatically (sp?).

That was me being diplomatic, although it is how I feel. If you don't want to worry about how to "handle" a coach the best thing for you to do is get better. If you handle your business the right way, a deserving coach will stick out like a sore thumb and you can just T him/her up. I've been meaning to ask some of my buddies if they talk more of less at the higher level. So far this year, I seem to talk less because "it is what it is" and the coaches know it, so they don't say as much about it. When needed, I still let them vent in a way where they know I'm listening. Do not go through a game with a problem coach. Take care of the situation, however you choose, and press on. An assigner in the south always says to answer a coach and then show him/her your backside.