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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
>>Coach, I understand you're frustrated. It was definitely a charge from my position.<<
Don't EVER hang your partner out to dry. You are asking for serious problems and you could be WRONG. I have a hard time believing you wouldn't mind him saying the same thing to the coach about one of your calls.
My point is that while we do blow it and we do see what we believe are incorrect calls, you need to have a discussion with the calling official before a firm determination can be made that its wrong. Telling a coach he's wrong when you may not have the full info is unprofessional in my opinion.
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As a communication major in college, I cite the responses to my initial post (and my initial post) as a perfect example of why email & chat rooms are poor methods of communication......
To clear up my viewpoint - here's the hypothetical situation: I have just called a player control foul on Team A; Team A's coach starts to complain to me about the call since my partner had just called a block on Team A on the previous possession; the following hypothetical exchange occurs:
Me - "Coach, I understand you're frustrated. It was definitely a charge from my position. Hang in there - you'll get the same call if the same play happens again."
Coach - "The same play happened on the other end and he called it a block!"
Me - "Coach, my partner had a much better look than either of us did. Why don't you ask him what he saw? I'm sure he can explain why it was a good call."
I give this example to illustrate how I communicate with the coach to explain/defend my call and support my partner without directly commenting on his call. I do not believe in "selling out", "undermining", or "hanging out my partner to dry" .
I'm sorry if my original post was unclear. Hopefully this clarifies my thoughts and provides one example of how I handle this situation.