[blindzebra]

Originally posted by bebanovich

Believe me, I would be happy if it were, in practice a T. I was sincere in starting this thread that I tried coaching only the bench and I got worked. I knew it, our few fans knew it, the players knew it. We can go 'round and 'round about how I can't influence calls and there are some crews where I know this is true (and I am all but silent) but by and large I don't believe it. And I don't think I'm a hothead. Sometimes it's, "please watch the grabbing underneath" and sometimes it's "you're calling us for every little touch on the perimeter and your letting them hammer us inside. you can't reward one style over another!"

I'm just trying to be honest and sincere posting here and I do think that officials who would spend time posting and reading message boards are probably of the caliber that would convince me to spend 100% of my time coaching my kids instead of 80 - 90%. But you have to admit, I've also spent more time thinking about this issue than your average coach and I do think that when I only coach my kids, I lose an edge. When there are strict limits on talking to the refs and T's are given to everyone, I will gladly shut up.

You have had several officials tell you it doesn't work.

Common sense should tell you that being a pest is not the best way to get what you want.

Yet you persist, it's very amusing.

You see all you are doing is looking for a way to beat the game and not play it. You perceive an advantage that is not there. Coaches and fans always see what they want to see, and rarely does that view match the reality of the actual situation.

That coach has been yelling for hand checks and they called a hand check, it must have worked. WELL MAYBE YOUR PLAYER HAND CHECKED!

Believe what you want, but come back and read the threads where we all have a good laugh at the expense of coaches who are howler monkeys.