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Originally Posted by ss17
Anyway, with about three minutes left down 2, one of team's inbounds the ball with a lob to their tallest player, she brings the ball down than shoots. I saw ball, coach saw hack. After a dead ball, he is irate; I go to calm him down, and he proceeds with a "You need to learn to officiate," but for some reason I let him go. While I am walking away, he says to me that I should be embarrassed, and that's when I ring him.
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You should have stuck him right there. Do not allow coaches to get personal with you. It is one thing to question a call or to have issue with a call, but that was too personal of a comment to let go at the 5th or 6th grade level. But that is something you will learn with experience. Your hesitation is understandable and not uncommon.
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Originally Posted by ss17
I would think that since he was an official he wouldn't have acted like that, but I guess I was wrong. How did I know he was an official?? Well, he started the game with a pullover that our association sells, and then when he took that off, he had an IAABO shirt on underneath. I guess he wanted my partner and I to realize that we had another official present.
Sorry for the long posting, just doing a little venting!!
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Welcome to the world of officiating.
This is not a unique or unusual situation at all. Many of us have had run ins with coaches that either claim to officiate or that we know officiate. It is nothing surprising at all.
Peace