Thread: Coach's leash
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Old Wed Dec 12, 2012, 06:32pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
...You might as well say, "Sit down and shut up" when using that signal IMHO. And we all know how well that statement works out right?

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Bingo! It is just disrespectful and condescending. When someone crosses my line, they are pretty much getting a T. I would like the communication to be as nice as possible up until the point where communication is shut off or my line is crossed.

Funny story - I had a game last week that set basketball back 10 years...the game was not played well on either side. The coach takes one of his players out and the kid goes to the end of the bench and kicks the chair over. I'm the old Lead, new Trail tableside and whack the kid. After we handle business, we go up and down a few times and the coach is still standing (I left him alone on purpose and my partners...I am working with the same two tonight and will address that). During a timeout I go and tell him that he must remain seated because he got an indirect technical foul. After explaining to him why, you know what he said - keep in mind the action of the kid was never in doubt? He said, "Well you shouldn't have called it then!" What a piece of work. The stop sign with a coach like this would have set it off up in there!
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