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Coach bebonovich,
I began reading this post with a sneaking thought that you would get your feelings hurt and would lash out. You've done it before on this forum. I think you took a cheap shot at Dan_ref. IMO, he did a fine job of pointing out that your question was vague if it was a question at all.
Posters have concurred with your own conclusion that you could have handled this OP with a time out rather than *talk* across the floor at the *horrible* refs. Your kids would have learned something too. Go figure.
I agree with Mick and Snagwells. I wasn't there but I've handled similar situations by either calling a common and talking to the players or calling the X and talking to the players. I've done both. The choice has depended on my feel for that particular game. In this sitch I probably would have gone the common route and given you some leeway.
This has now moved toward something else. I'm thinking it's really what you're after. You seem to like to stir things up. If so, fine. But say so.
I've read Delpit's book, among others, (Kozol and Rose come to mind) and I continue to read editorials and columns on the cultural divide issue. Most recently a column by the publisher of Black Enterprise that spoke directly to the problem of demonizing young black men for being good students. Furthermore, I teach in a white suburban High School that busses kids in from a lower socioeconomic culture and have first hand experience in the cultural devide. Ours is probably the most divers of the 22 public high schools in our city. Having said all of that I can assure you that I'm not qualified to comment on this issue. I'm a white, middle aged ref!
I think you should stick to coaching basketball. Leave the social commentary to the authentic social commentaters.
And leave the officiating to the officials.
Thanks for working with kids.
Bruce
[Edited by basketballen on Feb 27th, 2006 at 11:33 PM]
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