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Originally Posted by TD21
I've heard this quote before and it is usually from an official who has been around awhile. I respect veteran officials and listen to what they have to say. Some stuff I use other stuff I don't. But in the case of worrying what coaches think? It's not being worried, its knowing how they are going to react. Just like you know how some partners are going to call the game and you have to adjust for that. Or knowing how players are going to play and you have to adjust for that. The coaches are no different. No two games are the same. And if you think you can go out there and treat every game the same then that is your right. I don't work that way. Different games bring different situation, different match-ups. Just like certain calls bring certain reactions from certain coaches. Knowing your personnel, as we've talked about, is very important. I never said I would anything about worrying about what the coach think. I just know how they will react in certain situation. The more information you have the better you can handle the situation. If you are prepared then you more than ready when these situations arise. Now if you want to say that is worrying about what a coach thinks go ahead. I call it preventative officiating. Some can see situations coming before they happen, and take care of it while others never see them coming and don't know how to handle them when they do.
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Knowing that a player has 4 fouls or you are cmoing down the stretch in a tight game can provide impetus for consciously-intense focus. I am sure that everyone here is at maximum focus at all times, but the study of psychology dictates otherwise. If I know a player, particularly a star player, has 4 fouls, or we are late in a tight game, I will be conscious of having "high certainty" on every whistle I blow. That means fouls are fouls, but borderline events probably won't be. My intent would be that all whistles in that situation would be pretty obvious to everyone. "High certainty" and not guessing are always our intent and goal, but in these two situations, executinng them is what makes officials great.
BTW, coaches select the post-season officials in
every college conference I work. Coaches and AD's also had 100% of the input to selecting playoff officials when I worked HS post-season games. Offiicals not caring about coaches at all is like a playwright not being concerned with theater goers. It may be a noble idea, but you'll starve yourself making what you and your cronies perceive as great works, while "sellouts" wind up on Broadway. Those opinions are not wrong: Bob Dylan did just fine with it. But those are the rare exceptions, not the rule. Think about it.
