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Originally Posted by IchiRef
this was a first for me...
Freshman boys. Team A shot and missed and A1 hit the ball into A's backcourt where it was retreived by A2. for some odd reason, I blew my whistle and called a backcourt violation. knowing I screwed up the second I blew my whistle, I immediately comfirmed my mistake with my partner and then gave the ball back to A for a throw-in. Meanwhile team B Varsity coach who was sitting on the bench started yelling at me about how i needed to go to the possession arrow in a situation like this. I told him he was wrong and that he was not the head coach of this game and that i would only address the freshman coach, then turned to the freshman coach and asked him to keep his bench quiet.
What can I do in this situation?
also I tossed the home coach in the JV game, another first. after that game a spectator, who I come to find out is the girls JV coach, was waiting for me to tell me " a good official would have done this, a good official would have done that..."
Tough night....any thoughts? anything I could have done better?
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Not being there give some thought to how you handled the mistaken back court call. Perhaps you may have said Coach I had an inadvertant whistle. I wouldn't go into any more detail than that. Inbound the ball and play on. Concerning the Varsity Coach on the bench. In theory noone can argue on how you handled it. In this case he is indeed the assistant and should not be talking to you. That being said he is the Varsity Coach and deserves a tad bit more respect than your regular run of the mill Assistant Coach.
You can be right in principle (I think you are) but asking the Freshman Coach to reign in his boss (Varsity Coach) is asking a lot. JMO.
Incidentally the confrontation outside the locker room. Totally out of line and unacceptable. Contact your Assignor and let him/her handle it.
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