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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
When you say this, how do you expect the coach to respond? Do you expect and allow the coach to say something back, get the last word as it were? Or would you whack him if he said something back?
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I don't have an expected response. I don't have a pre-determined agenda in mind if I use the phrase. I don't view it as a smartass remark. I can simply tell you that I've never had an issue when I've said it. Why? Perhaps because I'm being completely truthful. "Coach, I'm not going to coach tonight and you aren't going to officiate." The message is clear. I'm going to do my job and you're going to do yours without any interference from the other.
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I only ask because I have occassionally said something to a coach to which he "escalated" and tried to one up me. At that point I whacked him. In thinking about that I am coming to the conclusion that if I am going to say something that could be construed as confrontational or smartassed to a coach, I had better be prepared to let him have a shot back at me. I don't know if that's right or wrong, I guess I'll just have to see how it goes ('cuz I'm not always smart enough to pick my words carefully in the heat of the moment).