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Originally Posted by jTheUmp
We put up with a lot more in football because we're outside rather than an echo-filled gym. And for every official on the field, at least one coach is 25-50 yards away at minimum.
Working as an Umpire, I almost never hear anything a coach says from the sideline.
Back to basketball.
Last week, visiting team keeps it close for 3/4 of the game, but it slips away from them late... down 10ish with about 2 minutes to go, visiting coach says to me "You know, I bet when I look at this film, you'll have called about 80% of the fouls... your partners aren't calling anything". It was only loud enough for me to hear as I was standing right next to her during a FT. Prior to this point, she hadn't complained about anything as far as I can remember.
Warn, Whack, Acknowledge, or Ignore?
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Move away and ignore this coach for the rest of game unless she needs to be dealt with a T.
This year I had one coach ask me why I wasn't addressing him and I responded with, "Anytime I try you either don't listen or want to bark. So if it comes to the point where I HAVE to address you it will be with a T because I don't think anything I have tried has gotten through to you and it might just take a T."
I walked away and he didn't say squat to me the rest of the game. I have adopted a 100% honesty approach this year and it's worked fine for the most part. Some coaches just don't want to discuss and they don't get my courtesy of talking with them unless it's official business. I'm through with the "expectation" that the coach-official relationship be solely on the officials shoulder. A coach can act the part or not, I don't care anymore.