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Originally posted by devdog69
Yesterday, I worked three rec games, JH girls, just can't seem to say no. Anyway, one of the coaches was a veteran varsity official in the area. The other coach started whining about three seconds immediately after a shot and he starts getting into an argument with the other coach about the three second rule. I had to give him a stern warning to stop. He said later that "he knew better". Well, duh.
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Both an assistant I worked with previously and my current assistant coach do this. They will complain to the official about something they know is legal, but is commonly accepted as illegal, to see if they can get a call. (For example, a ball hitting the top of the backboard.)
I think it just makes the coach look ignorant to an experienced official. But they've gotten calls this way once in a great while. Something to keep in mind before you categorize all of us as howler monkeys--maybe some of us are trying to work over those of you with weak rules knowledge!