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Originally posted by BadNewsRef
Sincerely IMO, I think if a coach wants to learn the best way to "work an official", so to speak, a coach should elicit that type of advice from successful coaches he/she respects, and not from officials.
I wouldn't go to a coach's forum and ask what is the best way to communicate with coaches. I would go to fellow officials for that type of advice.
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OK. I am posting the two paragraphs from the original post containing all of the questions that I asked. Although the post has never been edited, I can't seem to find the question, "can you officials please tell me how to work you?" I have left the post single-spaced so you will need to cut and paste into a text document and double-space if you need extra room to read between the lines.
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Originally posted by Bebanovich
Since then I am much more selective about the types of calls being made and the crew before I open my mouth. My question is - is the pressure/chatter from coaches a necessary evil in this equation? I'm sure there must be some temptation to just mandate that they all sit down and shut-up except to coach the kids. But there must also be times where a coach says something that rings true to you and might legimately influence the flow of the game and the calls, or even just one call or situation.
I am sure you have seen colleagues who are more vulnerable to an angry or smooth-talking coach than others. I have run across one official who gave a T to a coach who asked for a clarification on the type of contact involved in a foul - thankfully it wasn't me. How much a part of the game is the coach's interaction with officials and is it OK that it is any part of the game? Is it a positive factor as long as you can control them well?
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I thought answers might be along the lines of, "Parents and fans are really getting out of control and coaches are feeding the fire. There need to be harsher restrictions on coachers during games." Or, "coaches have a right to ask for clarification on calls and to ask questions. Coaches also get caught up in the emotion of the game and you just can't draw a hard line in the sand. It will always come down to officials' judgment."
I know that, as a teacher, if ALL of my students seem to be off-base with their answers than the error is in the question but - come on - it doesn't remotely ask how to work anyone.