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Originally Posted by TheOracle
That is a copout. Top officials have very few conflicts with coaches. In 28 years, I cannot think of any officials who have advanced or maintained a higher slot without having the coaches think very highly of them as officials and people. Sycophants are transparent almost always get exposed.
I had to T 3 coaches this year. I didn't want to give any. I worked post-season for all 3 of them because they all listed me. That's being liked and respected.
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Maybe that is your experience, but I see a lot of officials that have advanced at the college level and certainly the high school level by having certain coaches not like them. And they still got their playoff assignments.
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Originally Posted by zebraman
There is a big difference between being respected and liked. When a coach sees an official walk into the gym and he thinks, "oh good, this guy is fair and he takes charge of the game," that is respect. When an official walks in and the coach thinks, "oh good, this guy will talk with me most of the game and listen to all my comments and criticisms," that is being liked. I don't want to be liked... I want to be respected.
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I had a coach this year that got T'd up with 36 seconds left in a game in which he was blown out. Now the details are not that big of a deal, but I knew that I was going to have this coach later in the year. The coach was so mad with me he tried to report me or get my ID number after the game. I refused and I did not care what he thought. The next game I had him, he was an angel. And tonight I heard what he said to another official that he did not like me and how he thought I was terrible. Funny thing, this coach was an angel in the next game and I had no problems with him. Now it is clear he does not like me, but so what. I had the best year that I have ever had as it related to the playoffs and this coach did not like me. So much for the coach’s opinion of me.
Then again, coaches do not have that kind of say in my state.
Peace