Fri Jan 24, 2003, 05:17pm
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Originally posted by JRutledge
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I do not see the name they call you as anything special. Coaches usually call me by my first name if they know me or if they do not. That is the choice they make. I really do not see how you can avoid them calling you by your name. If you sign the book or introduce yourself, they might just feel more confrontable calling you by your first name.
Peace [/B]
Well I hope they don't feel more confrontable! I don't want confrontation. (yeah, I know ... you meant comfortable).
A first-time coach is probably not going to remember my name - even if he can hear it over the sound of the band. If one coach calls me by my name all game long and it's a tight game, you don't think it's going to enter the "foreign" coaches mind that we might be friends and that it might somehow hurt him on a close call? I guarantee you it won't influence my calls, but I'd like to do everything in my power to keep him from thinking that. Next time I inbound the ball by the coach who is familiar with me I look at him and smile and say, "hey coach, call me ref OK?" Without fail, they always smile and say, "OK, gotcha." They know why because they have out-of-area games too and I guarantee you it's entered their minds before. Is it the biggest issue on the floor? No, but I think it's another small tool in the bigger picture of game management. Perception is Reality. JMHO.
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