Parent Etiquette

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by jicecone

If your ego lacks the self confidence as an official that a coach walking on the field with a rule book is so totally offensive to you that your "dumping any coach that brings a rule book to me to question a call", then your part of the problem and not the solution. Unapproachable, arrogant, and just not cut out to be a good official.

Notice I also prefaced it by saying this doesn't apply to the "youngest ages of players." My point is that a coach of a teen-aged team knows better than to bring a rule book on the field. He's getting a warning, then he's getting ejected if he doesn't put the book back in his pocket or on the bench.

If he wants to discuss the way I handled a situation, that's great. Let's discuss it. If he then still feels like I didn't follow the rules, he can protest the game at that point. Bringing a rule book to me does nothing but give the appearance that I don't know what I'm doing.

Would you like it if your boss paraded your department's SOPs through the office before stopping at your desk, then spending 5 minutes telling you (in a voice where everyone can hear) that you're doing your job incorrectly?

I'll ignore the personal attacks.