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Originally Posted by mplagrow
Am I being too condescending?
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I'm not being condescending (talking down to you). I'm simply stating the fact that we're discussing a freshman game. If the issue was missing the first round of your varsity post-season tournament, then I'm with you. But this is a simple rule screw-up by a freshman ref who obviously doesn't know any better. Who cares? The more important issue is the behavior that generated the (admittedly) deserved T. Instead of worrying that he didn't get a horn at 20 seconds, he should be concerned about addressing the behavior. Yes, the ref screwed up. But that's not the primary issue, as far as I'm concerned.
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Originally Posted by OklahomaRef
It is my job to try and win whatever I have to do (within the rules).
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But you didn't do that. You were a wise-@@@ and got whacked. Eliminate that, and there's no second T.
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I am trying to advance, just like I did when I was officiating.
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I absolutely understand that. I'd be surprised if you weren't.
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If you as a coach expect your players to give you everything they have, you have to do the same.
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Agreed, but irrelevant to the situation of being tossed.
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As for why do I care, because I care about my players
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Your players would've been fine for one game. You probably care more about the game than they do. Again, not being condescending, but this is a freshman game. They would learn just as much from seeing how you serve a one-game suspension that you didn't deserve as they would from hearing you coach for 32 minutes.
Having said all that, I think it's appropriate that you were not punished for a mis-application of the rule. If the powers-that-be said that their hands were tied and you had to serve it, I would have no problem with that, either. But again, I think the larger issue is not the second T, but the first one.