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Originally Posted by seanwestref
I worked a game tonight. I called a foul on team A, and reported it. As I settled into my trail position, an assistant coach of team B asked, "are you going to call that on both ends?? It's happening to us too!!" I calmly responded "I hear you coach." Later in the game, during a timeout, the same assistant came up to me and said "You said you were going to call [that foul] both ways, but you are not. Why not?" I told then man, "Coach, I said 'I hear you', not 'I will call it on both end'". He clearly misconstrued my acknowledgement of his thoughts as an agreement for me to give his team a call on the other end.
I feel that my saying "I hear you coach" is a good, standard answer to give a coach when he says something like that. I have heard from veterans that you don't have to agree, but allow to coach to express his opinion and then acknowledge what he said.
Is my thinking wrong? Should I have simply ignored the coach the first time? How can I say things better so the coach does not think that I have agreed to give him a call?
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In your situation, why are having a conversation with an Assistant Coach. In your situation, there is only one way for an Assistant Coach to conduct himself: be like a child and be seen not heard.
That said, I will talk with ACs with regard to where the ball is going to be inbounded after a TO and other mundane items, but I will not tolerate an AC complain about the officiating and even a HC gets a short lease on that subject matter. When the AC came to you the second time, that is the time to shut him down and request that the HC take care of his bench personnel.
MTD, Sr.