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My first five seasons, I was a little quick on the trigger when it came to T's, especially with coaches. Last season, I really concentrated on that, and did a lot better. This year, I'm finding that the coaches really don't get under my skin like they have in the past, and I'm probably taking too much. Probably ought to warn sooner, and then whack sooner. Here are a couple of situations I realized later I should have handled more sternly, and a couple of questions about things I'm not sure of.
Coach A was whining, chipping, complaining, partner gave the SS, then partner whacked. After that, coach was up and walking. Before I could remind her of the seatbelt, partner did. Then I saw coach up again. I should probably have tossed her. Also, assistant was up repeatedly, and was talking to us when we weren't looking. A ref that was watching said afterward, Why didn't you run the assistant? I wondered to myself, Why didn't I?!?
I already told about the T I gave right before Christmas, to an assistant. The head coach for the other team was also a whiner, and went on and on and on. She was repeatedly out of the box, and out on the floor, and did the hands-thrown-up-in-the-air thing several times. Why didn't I T her?
Today, in the pre-game coach chat, one coach says, "We're from (another state), and we don't get treated fairly here. Yesterday, we got nothing our way, and we want a level playing field today. So how are you going to call it?" My partner (who was the R) said, "That's a tough question to ask before the game even starts, coach." She says, "Well, if that's your answer, I can see how it's gonna be." If I'd have been the R, I think I'd have tossed her right there on the spot. But I left it to my partner, who just turned and walked away. Would any of you have put up with that kind of fertilizer?
........btw, I did whack her about 5 minutes in. It was the classic "Why don't you blow the whistle?" So I did. Partner never did give the second one. He kept warning, and warning, and warning. Now, should I have gone ahead and whacked her for the second time?
She did settle down, though, and coached a heck of a second half. Her team outscored the opponent 20-0 in the third quarter. Knowing this, is it legit for my partner to look back and say, see, the warnings worked and I didn't have to throw her.
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