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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
I'm in the camp of letting the officials handle it w/o clinicians intervening.
The officials are there to learn. They need to learn to deal not only with the basic calls but with situations that they create when they screw up. With it basically blowing up in their face, they will never forget it....and neither will any other official that was paying attention to what resulted.
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I don't disagree that's a great way to learn. And I do know having a clinician intervene is an open door to having the coaches think they can ask about every questionable call. Maybe it also depends on the type of camp, and the teams involved, as to how much a clinician inserts themselves into the situation. But there are still plenty of ways the clinician can let the sh!t hit the fan, step in quickly, correct the situation for the players, and still make it known in the meetings afterwards. I'm not saying the clinician should do it for them, but step in and let the officials clean up the mess. It just seems inexcusable that there would be officials with the mind-set of not helping out their partner because it would look bad to admit they blew it. It's also a shame to let the players suffer when there's a way to correct it for them.