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Originally posted by JWalker
Its a middle school boys game, and a coach keeps yelling at me about my calls. They are good, fair calls, in my judgement. And to top it off, this coach is ALSO an official. Well, I offered him my whistle, but he wouldnt take it. If he WERE willing to take it, should I give it to him? They play by high school rules, but it is a VERY 'intramural' atmosphere. So, would I be VERY wrong in giving someone my whistle in this type of atmosphere? Working rec games with kids, I was in the same situation with a coach who was waiting for his team to play (3rd grade boys, mind you). He was real nice though, and apologized as I jokingly offered my whistle to him. I understand, that this would be totally inappropriate in an official league. So, what do you think?
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This happened in a boy's varsity scrimmage a couple of years ago. The coach kept yelling, screaming, being a horse's a@@ and one of the officials (senior official) asked the coach if he wanted to swap places and the coach said yes. So, they did, and the official yelled, screamed, etc., at the coach. It was funny in a way because the coach kept looking at the official sitting on the bench yelling and screaming at him and the coach missed umpteen fouls/violations. After about 2-3 minutes, the coach told the official that they should switch back and the coach never said another word to the official. I don't think I would have done this, but it was sort of funny.