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Originally Posted by rockyroad
So are you actually saying that there is NEVER a time to say "Thank you" to a coach that is being a problem?? You can actually be that definitive about what someone else can use to defuse a tense situation?? Damn, you really are as good as your little resume makes you out to be...
Why not simply say "I don't use that because it doesn't work for me" and let it go at that...trying to tell inexperienced officials that it will never work is a little pompous, imo.
I used thanks on a coach this weekend and it worked just fine...coach says "Hey, 52 is getting pretty physical out there."
"OK, thanks coach."
"Oh, you're seeing it too? OK."
Sweet and to the point and everything worked out just fine and dandy.
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And I thought debating Rainmaker was funny.
Try to keep up.
The thank you advice was given with a list of coaches comments she has used it on...none of which were ones where thank you would even remotely make sense.
Your case wasn't close to what she was saying. By qualifying the thanks with an okay, you went from chatter to an actual conversation...much different than the coach saying 52 is getting rough and you run by with, "Thank you." Which would lead to the coach saying, "Well are you going to watch for it? RM than says, "Thank you." Seething now the coach yells, "What are you talking about?" RM says, "Thank you.
Get the picture?
We all use thank you on the court...I say it when a player or coach gets a loose ball and gives it too me...you know when it's an appropriate thing to say.