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Originally Posted by Junker
He questions the junior varsity coach about this, who replies that the varsity players are also warming up with the junior varsity team, as they "always" do. The referee requests that the varsity players leave the court, after which the varsity coach interjects by saying that the varsity players "always" do this, but he pulls his varsity players off the court.
I don't know, sounds a bit confrontational to me. Why have this be the first conversation of the night with the coach? If it is always happening, you begin the game by looking like an OOO and you aren't on great terms to begin with.
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You're right. I wasn't there, but according to the junior varsity referee, it was confrontational.
I had a very minor problem with the same varsity head coach before my varsity game that night. Per a NFHS point of emphasis a few years back, we here in Connecticut do not allow either team to "pregame huddle" in the center circle after introductions. This ritual must take place in the semicircle in front of each team's bench. After intoductions, befroe the national anthem, I relalize that the home team is in the center circle. I'm not going to make a big deal out of it before the anthem, so I pass on it, temporaraly. Before the jump ball to start the game, I take the coach caside and quietly explain to him, a first year coach, that his team is not allowed to do that in Connecticut. He says that he didn't know that. This was probably his eighth or ninth home game. What have my colleagues been doing for the past month and a half?