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Originally posted by zebraman
There was a crash, and she hopped up and walked away quickly, obviously frustrated but not commenting, looking
back, stomping or anything like that. The calling official stared her down from the spot of the foul for a good 5-7 seconds while she walked away. This really ticked me off.
If she was "obviously frustrated" (your words), did it ever cross your mind that the official was just making sure she didn't do something stupid or unsportsmanlike? It is our job to keep our eyes on the players at all times and this is even more important when there is a frustrated players. For you to use your substitution time or time-out time to just stare at the officials is unsportsmanlike and an unwise use of your time that you could be giving to the kids.
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Maybe I misinterpreted the look, but I think there is a difference between a look of "let me make sure nothing stupid is done" and "go ahead, do something to give me a reason".
Agreed, it was a waste of a timeout. In my defense, the outcome of the game was decided at this point. I did get to at least 30 seconds of the timeout to tell them to finish the game with class, and to not do anything to give the opponents any reason for additional motivation. We have them again in our gym on the 31st.