[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

It's sad because:

1) The coach is placing winning above sportsmanship. He or she is intentionally acting in an unsportsmanlike manner in order to gain a perceived competitive advantage. At the high school level, and particularly at the freshman level, that's sad.

2) The coach is not coaching. For whatever reason, the coach decides that he is unable to motivate/teach/instruct his team adequately. He has stopped being a coach and decides to become "the show", in the hopes that that will motivate his team.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Sigh......

Unfortunately, that statement tells me all that I need to know right there. Sad, but certainly not uncommon.

Don't agree here. We always say a Technical is just another foul call. We punish the behavior and move on. No big deal. Nothing to make me think lesser of the coach. I think it's not an uncommon practice among coaches. We're not supposed to take it personally.

We don't like coaches judging us but we feel it's alright to judge them.