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Originally Posted by jgunn
This is my first year as an official, and it has been a great experience.....i've done 2 varsity games, 3 jv games, and a few jr. high games.....i've learned a lot, and i feel as if i've done a pretty good job overall.....however, Monday i had a jv game and i feel as if i had a horrible game....i think i missed several calls....the coaches were all over me about several calls that they say i missed, and i started questioning myself...
with that said, i feel as if i learned maybe more in that game than any other game i've done..
how do you guys put a "bad game" behind you, and get ready for the next..
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I've been doing this for quite some time and the coaches are still yelling.
Last Friday night, the visiting team head coach was yelling that a lineman had his hands in his lineman's face. I told him we'd watch for it. That wasn't good enough -- he had to run his mouth and tell us that "we're paid to see that" and "how could we not see that."
Naturally on the next play, one of his linemen decided to wrap arms around waist and tackle another lineman, drawing flags from me (the R) and the umpire. Coach is screaming that this is a "retaliatory flag." I managed to ignore his ranting and raving until he tried to stop the crew at halftime. That's a story for another time, though.
Back to your post. Don't let the coach's reaction (or lack of reaction) define your success as an official.