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Originally Posted by Multiple Sports
Rich -
You are right on brother !!!!! I hate to keep using "NBA Philosophies" with regard to NHFS / NCAA, but Scott Foster has told a bunch of us to put our hands down by our hips, more along the lines of an "easy coach".
Giving the stop sign (when two adults are involved) is absurd. We wouldn't want it and why should we treat another adult like a child.
Just think that too many of us think because we put on the stripes, it gives us
unlimited authority whenever we choose.......
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Putting the stripes on doesn't give us unlimited authority. It does, however, give us explicitly defined authority which includes penalizing unsporting behavior by a coach. The stop sign and verbal warnings are appropriate tools of that authority. Showing the stop sign is not treating a coach like a child, it's treating him as one who must submit to your authority on his conduct, which he is.
That said, I agree that the stop sign can be inflammatory as it publicly puts the coach into a corner. The stop sign is a hammer but the problem isn't always a nail.