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Originally Posted by umpire99
My partner entered the huddle of one of the teams at the end of the first quarter and yelled at the coaches. They were asking if a buzzer-beating shot had been a two or a three. My partner yelled, "shut up!" to the coaches and then ended up call in "T" while still standing in the huddle. At the half I asked what had been said. He said, "The coach would not shut up and I had the same trouble with him last week." I was always taught to stay away from the huddles. I also was taught to not let something that happened in a previous game carry over to the next one. How could I have helped my partner in this situation?
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It sounds as though the guy needs a serious tutoring on how to handle coaches.
If the guy wants to sink himself, then let him. If you suspect he wants to go and stick his head where it doesn't belong, make up a situation that you want his opinion on - anything to keep him from having an adverse effect on the game. But if he wants to sink himself, there's not much you can do.