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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Coaches talk "Coachese" and officials talk "Officialese". One language is not any better, or any worse, than the other one. When officials talk to other officials we use terms like "endline", "request a timeout", etc. When coaches talk to other coaches, or players, they use terms like "baseline", "call a timeout", etc. No problems until coaches and officials have to talk to each other. That's when we need the Rosetta Stone.
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....either that or a little common sense. This constant "we vs. them", "they are ignorant", "our job is far harder than theirs", etc. chatter just doesn't make sense. Coaches and officials BOTH have jobs to do. BOTH have DIFFICULT jobs. As long as we BOTH respect that, the game tends to flow much better.