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Originally posted by assignmentmaker
. . . not a flattering insinuation.
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Yeah, even the premise of the question seems to be drawing . . . um . . . mixed results. It seems to me there might be a couple of reasons why an official (and I'm not saying all officials) might be influenced.
1) Lack of certainty due to inexperience, situation or other factor that I'm not really the best source to guess.
2) Some feeling that the coach is correct in asking for a certain call or attention paid to a certain aspect of play.
A carefully phrased suggestion might help balance the equation in situation 1 but it seems that situation 2 would call for an equally persuasive campaign.
I would prefer not to say much of anything but I don't think this is realistic in all or even most cases. I also think I've given the impression that my definition of "working" means constant yapping and whining. Working means whatever seems most useful in any given situation.
If the official comes in the gym like a big mook wearing his dick on his sleeve determined to show me he is the big silverback gorilla, I'm not dumb enough to get into a pissing contest with him. My job is to teach kids to compete in a game I love and to look for an edge within the rules.