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Originally posted by Hawks Coach on 03-01-2000 01:53 PM
If I stunk, in what way did I stink? If I was good, what did you like? Even if I did well, how can I improve? If you can't tell me those things, then your opinions aren't of much use to me.
Coach, you hit the nail right on the head. As referees who officiate many more games than most coaches coach, we see the mistakes coaches make all the time. But we don't go over to them and tell them that. On Monday night, team A had a three point lead and the ball with under a minute left. Team B was in the penalty. There was no shot clock and team A requested and was granted a timeout.
Anticipating that team A would hold the ball and team B would foul, I reminded my partner to watch for the intentional foul by B.
Of course, team B did not foul, team A took a wild shot with 15 seconds to go, team B got the rebound, didn't ask for a timeout (they had two left), brought the ball into the frontcourt and dribbled until the clock ran out! Neither coach gave their team any instructions during play.
If my partner and I would have officiated as poorly as both coaches coached at the end of this game, we never would have heard the end of it.
Did we say anything to either coach? Nope. Not our job.