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Originally Posted by SMEngmann
I think at that level the coaches who are problems are usually strong personalities that like to control the whole atmosphere, and usually can because they usually deal with young, inexperienced officials who don't know how to handle them. I did a game a year ago at an AAU tourney where the coach thought he was a fan at an NBA game, he got on me for a "high dribble" no call and then on my partner on the next play on the other end and 16 seconds into the game we were shooting FTs for the T I called. When he tried to question the T because he "got no warning," I basically told him to sit down and shut up or he'd be hitting the showers with 31:44 to go. He heeded my advice, his team played well, and he apologized after the game. Point is, you gotta show these coaches you're in control, because a lot of them are used to the ref not having any control of the game, so they try to fill the void.
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Good post. Working weekend tournaments is where I learned how to use the T. I'll never forget one weekend tournament I worked with another forum member. He knew the assignor for the tournament and arranged for 4 of us that knew each other to have our own site (a gym with 2 courts). In the first game of the day, between our two courts we had 7 technicals. The rest of the day, we had none. We sent the message about what was expected for sportsmanship, and that's what we got. We even had some parents come and thank us for taking care of business.