[Ron Giacoma]

Originally Posted by Huntin' Ref

Be prepared, this is a long winded explanation and question!

Last night, working a BV conference game we had one coach that absolutely drove me crazy. He stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed and would say:

"watch their hands please"
"watch the pics please"
"watch handchecks please"
"watch the holding please"
"watch the traveling please"

He said this on EVERY SINGLE posession!!

Now to give you some insight into the game. First of all, the players were tall, big and fast but, really not "athletic." Meaning, they didn't have the greatest body control. The game was full of action with pressure defense, a lot of cutting and back screens set. All in all, it was a very disorganized game.

We called 24 fouls in the first half and 29 fouls in the second half. All fouls were pretty obvious (really no complaints about any whistles). But how would you have handled this head coach? Honestly, it was every time down the floor!

In Texas we: Ignore the comments and answer the questions I.E. "watch the handchecks please" is an (ignored) comment. vs "Why are you not calling that handcheck?" I will answer with a very short "I'll watch for that coach".