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Old Mon Dec 11, 2006, 01:52pm
bigdogrunnin bigdogrunnin is offline
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Originally Posted by OHBBREF
Why are people not taking care of business?
I had a much more experienced official tell me once, "look for reasons to not give the technical foul, and be sure when you do that you have exhausted all other options."

I would rather talk a coach out of the technical and allow him the opportunity to "professionally and courteously" address his concerns with us. When he believes that there is a working relationship and that I will listen to him, A LOT of those "technical" problems seem to just go away!

If that means that I am not "taking care of business," then I guess I am one of those officials that would bother you.
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