[ace]

If your a young official, and you look young, like I do, then yeah... just go ahead and prepare yourself, your gunna catch more crap, your under more scrutitny. I liked that suggestion about "just call the obvious" you don't want to do anything extra that will stand out to these coaches. you already do stand out becauseyou look younger, because your younger they're going to expect you to be in a little better shape and be hustling the entire time. You're goal should be that when you walk off the floor at the end of the night the stands/coaches are talking about more than just the referees.

Keep your nose clean


Edit:
I just wanted to say that warning a coach DOES not commit you to a techincal, but it does make him aware that hey "I might have one coming!"
If you warn a coach don't say "Keep it up and I'll T you up!"

"Coach, thats enough!" with a stop sign usually does the trick.

Only once have I said "Coach this is your warning, you keep this up and we'll be forced to deal with it accordingly!"

And then he finally got the picture.


[Edited by ace on Dec 5th, 2005 at 09:26 AM]