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Game situation last night.
Tight ballgame throughout. In the second half, I notice the visiting coach, 6 feet onto the HOME TEAM SIDE OF THE FLOOR!
I check to where the ball is, and hit my whistle.
I walk up to the coach and say, "Coach,look where you are!"
To which he replies, "Am I bothering the game?" So I make him get back at least to HIS SIDE of the floor.
Later in the game, (under two minutes 4th quarter) he does it again! The game is a 1 0r 2 point game at this time.
Again I try to get him back. One of the assistants even came off the bench to grab him. The ball gets stolen, and while ball is loose, two girls dive for it. My attention is on the Coach and my partner, gives the ball back to the home team. I go to the bench and tell the assistants, that if he goes over the line again, I'm going to have to Whack him. They nod emphaticly.
Meanwhile, visiting coach doesn't like the fact that home team got the ball and calls time out, all the while staring my partner down.
Jump to the end of the game, and his team loses by three.
Now keep in mind, that the only controversial play in this game is the one where we gave the ball back to the home team on the loose ball OOB's.
As we are leaving the floor, I see out of the corner of my eye, visiting Coach running after us.
He proceeds to go into a profanity laced tirade, and the home team's AD has to physically restrain him!
Here's what ticks me off. I am a firm believer in taking care of business. However, certain people in my area have told me to be more approachable, blah blah blah. So I have bent over backwards (IMHO) this year to be non confrontational, to listen to coaches and players, and to try to give the benefit of the doubt.
Problem is, what good did it do us? We gave Visiting Coach, every break when it came to the Coaches box, in fact I'm shocked that the Home coach wasn't all over us for not "T"ing this guy the second time he crossed mid-court!
He broke both mine and my partners concentration to the point that we were both concerned with his actions. Ihave always been taught that when that happens, you "T".
I didn't do that, gave the Coach a break,and look where it got us! I guess the only positive is that in our report to the State, we can safely say we bent over backwards to give him a chance.
Next time though, I WILL take care of business!
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