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Originally Posted by jer166
As a coach also, I never realized how ignorant most coaches are of the actual rules of the game until I began to officiate.
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The problem is that coaches truly believe that they know the rules. That's why they get so upset. It's because they really are sure that you missed the rule.
I was in a class for teaching the rules to people who wanted to become referees. Lots of former players and coaches in the class. After the first hour of the class, they took a break and I overheard a coach tell the instructor, "Man, I've been a real jerk for the last 6 years."
After just one hour, he realized that he really had NO IDEA of what the rules were. But they're all SURE that they know them better than we do.