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Originally Posted by rainmaker
well, thanks to barryb for understanding my point. Dan and JR, you guys are obviously very good refs for the levels you work, but you just don't understand the lousy girls' teams from the Christian schools very well. Maybe in your next life, you'll be chubby middle-aged housewives who get stuck reffing at the middle-aged levels of bball. get back to me then.
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What?!? They're really NOT middle-aged housewives?!?
(Playing the part of devil's advocate today: M&M Guy) I can think back on many games early in my career where I felt the same way: coaches at that level really are clueless, so I should probably cut them a little more slack. Besides, it was usually the coach or AD at that school that hired me, so if I piss them them off by T'ing them, they probably won't hire me next year. But as I've gone along in my career, I've found that the reason those coaches acted that way was because the other officials (and I) let them. They acted the way they were allowed to act. If I had addressed situations earlier, and more often, the really bad games I had might not have been so bad.
If I walk away from a game wondering if I should've issued a T, then odds are I should have given it. When was the last time you walked away from a game wondering if you shouldn't have given a T, when you did? That's probably a number far less than the previous. I think that's what these middle-aged housewives have been saying - maybe as a group we need to stop worrying about what a coach or AD will think, and just take care of business. Treat them the way you would want to be treated. And if they aren't treating you that same way, then that coach cost their team acouple of FT's and a possession.