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Originally Posted by dan74
As I was in my first year last season, I normally followed my partners lead when it came to deciding who would ref a particular game and whether we'd meet w/the coaches. I only had one JV game where my partner wanted to pregame w/the coaches.
I had a couple parnters tell me before the game that their primary goal was to get their checks and get out. Given their gruff personalities, I couldn't see asking them if they wanted to meet with the coaches, as it seemed it was an inconvenience for them just to be there. Some of my toughest games came when working with these two.
This year I'll discuss it when pregaming w/my partner and may have to just do it on my own when working with officials who seem not to give a hoot.
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Dan, just a suggestion that I found worked well when I was just starting out - in situations like the one you described where you're working with "get the check, get out" types who wouldn't want to bother with pre-games, just tell them you're working on your total game, and if they don't mind you'd like to take the pre-game and chat with the coaches and captains. Tell them if they'd like to be involved and give you some pointers (you can decide how much credence to give their thoughts afterwards) they're welcome, but if they'd rather not that's fine too.
You'll project a great confidence to the JV coaches (they like their games being treated as "real", too) and your partners will have to be real a-holes to object to you doing the pregame.
Good luck!