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Originally Posted by ranjo
I have had a really good AAU season so far - Quality games, quality teams, and coaches who have pretty much left me alone.
Some of that changed during one game this Saturday afternoon and I would like to expand on some of the things that happened.
Both coaches are working us, but in a controlled manner, like questioning out of bounds calls, who the proper shooter was, amount of time put on the clock after a malfunction, and which official may have had a better angle on a particular call. Coaches like that really keep you on your toes in a good way.
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Controlled or not this type of thing is not to be tolerated during AAU ball. And the coach had better be smiling if he keeps this up with me during a regular season game. Question an OOB call? Sure, fine, I can live with that. All the other examples you give will be greeted with a stern warning and a quick T if he does not back off immediately.
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Originally Posted by ranjo
The first incident occured when I let some contact go that resulted in a steal. I blew the whistle a little late and the coach was somewhat irate about the late call. He said if there was a foul, I should have blown the whistle as soon as it happened and not when he had a chance at a break away goal. He calmed down when I explained I let the contact go as there was no advantage gained by the contact until the steal occured.
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See, if you had shut these people up in the first 2 minutes there would have been no need to calm him down with an explanation. BTW, I never explain this call with advantage/disadvantage because it only makes the coach question A/D on every call that goes against him after that. When a coach tells me I made a late call the most I will do is remind him he agrees the call is right since he's only questioning the timing. And I never discuss the timing of a call.