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Originally Posted by REFVA
I get so frustrated and it may not be the same in other areas. The coach holds a lot of power with who he wants to see advance or not and who he or she wants to see for games. That puts a lot of strain on some officials. i did a Varsity girls game last night and the team was from a different region and normally has different association doing their games and he out right accused our crew for cheating and slanting the calls the other way. and he has the power to not request us as a group. How do we as official hold strong if that is allowed.
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I think the answer to your question is integrity. You do the same job every game no matter who the coach is or who is watching. It might take longer to get the results you desire, but in the end you will know you did everything above board.
For the first time in my career, I'm in a situation where coaches have a good deal of power. It has been good and bad for me so far. I have picked up some games because officials were taken out. On the flip side, I had one coach rip me a new one in the evaluation. We aren't supposed to know who the coach is (it is on Arbiter), but I know for certain which coach gave me this particular evaluation. Among other things, he said I was trying to give one of his players a technical foul.
I don't think I have ever tried to give someone a technical foul. Either I give a T or I don't, there isn't no "tried" to it. My advice would be to just stay the course and what is meant to happen for you will happen for you.