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IMO:
As a guy who has played, coached and officiated....I thinking trying to "work" Refs is very counter-productive to winning. Granted, it might buy a call or two against less experienced refs but.....
It sends a BAD message to your Team. It tells them that the reason they are losing or are not winning by more is the Refs not their own play. It gives them an excuse to lose. It turns them into "victims" rather than athletes that can control their own destiny. It ruins the sirit of competition.
It is a bad life lesson and it trancends today's society because we teach it to our kids as they grow up. You think HS Coaches get paid for just "winning"? What a shallow viewpoint.
When a Coach tries to "work" me. He absolutely better be 110% right because if he's nailing me on 3 seconds during a series of offensive rebounds and turning the fans and kids into a mob of screaming whiners....I'm getting a big RESENTMENT.
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