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Originally posted by JCrow
... It's just that I don't see the subject of pre-calculated verbage in terms of increasing the satisfaction of winning.
... But that stuff is on specific points of the Rules that are actually happening during a game. It's sincere and spontaneous.
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OK, I think I finally thought of a way to explain how I see it. Every coach has done a minimal amount of pre-calculation and is not simply spontaneously standing up equally for specific points of rules. If my point guard travelled and you didn't call it and I yelled, "WALK!" that would be completely spontaneous and without precalculation. It would also be insane. All coaches have, at least said, "it doesn't help me to draw violations on my own team."
I have gone one step further and said, "99% of the time, it really doesn't benefit our style to have any kind of open-court contact called, so I have decided that I will rarely argue for it even when we could benefit in the short-run. I also tend to question those calls more than others, but I don't do it indiscriminately and I don't do it without demanding that my players take note and adjust. If I'm questioning the call, it's because I have questions about the call.
When I saw other posts saying I should pick my moments, I thought, "OK, good. I'm doing that." I just happen to inform them by thinking a lot . . . what do you want, I have a one hour commute each way through the mountains with no decent radio reception.
I know your point was more than that and also had to do with the idea of having thought about what to say and how to say it. This is a little trickier. I will just say that we all have our pet phrases - just ask my wife or students. I also wish to tread lightly if I'm going to question someone in front of a bunch of people so I want to have given it a little thought. Lastly, my posts here were meant to be examples of rules of thumb and not a script for future use. I never know exactly what's going to come out of my mouth until right before it does. I used to not know until after it happened but then I started teaching and I had to create a little buffer zone.
Also, I don't think it's a huge crime to want to be overheard telling a player that you think an official has made the right call. How many of you have been about to leave money in a tip jar at Starbucks (or similar) when the cashier turns his/her back to do something else. You know you wait until they come back so they can see you putting that tip in there. You're going to tip anyway but you want it to be visible if you have a choice. It's not like you wouldn't tip if they went on break or you would take the tip back out again (I hope).
[Edited by bebanovich on Feb 10th, 2006 at 11:56 PM]