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Originally Posted by loners4me
Did a game HS game last night. Coach said we applied rule wrong and swore he was right.
When I got home I looked up his email from HS website with a copied/pasted NFHS rule to prove I was correct.
Thoughts?
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In general its a bad idea IMO. The game is over, move on. Simply note the rules book reference and politely share it with the coach the next time you see him if its that big of a deal to you.
If you really feel the need to communicate the rule to the coach immediately then go through your assigner. As others have said check your local listings but I think thats sound advice anywhere. Here our assigner has explicitly said NOT to contact coaches directecly about things that happen in games. We are to go through him. This helps with consistency in messaging and avoids a personal back and forth between a coach and individual officials. Our rules interpreter would also likely get involved in rules application questions.
That said, there are some of us who based on experience and personal relationships with certain coaches could do something like this without issue. But that doesnt sound like the case here. I would strongly advise to let it go or go through the assinger.
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Originally Posted by packersowner
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To me this is no different than a coach saying, "I'll send you the video tomorrow so you can look at it"
If the video proves you're wrong, he/she is an ass for sending it.
If the video proves you're right, he/she won't send it and they're an ass for making that comment.
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I disagree with this. Rules application is entirely different than a judgement call, which is the likely source of a video reference. There should be little to no subjectivity with rules application where on judgement calls, even with video (especially the video of a HS game which will lack HD and multiple angles), there will be a degree of subjectivity.
Also, I don't see why a coach has to be an ass in both situations. Sure I've heard coaches say that in a condescending way. But I've also had coaches who have come up to me and say, "I saw the tape on the play I was bitchin about the other week and you were right." If the tape proves you kicked a call I don't think that makes the coach an ass. I think it means we kicked the call. And if it proves us right which happens more often then not, then the coach shouldnt have a problem admitting he was wrong.
Starting this season, my association has an agreement with coaches to share game video through Hudl. The purpose is purely to use it as a teaching tool for officials. Some officials do worry that coaches will want to use it against us but we had two meetings with a group of coaches to address this and it hasnt been an issue thus far. This is somewhat OT and probably worthy of its own thread but I think HS officials should be embracing video as a tool not as a reason to be advesarial with coaches.