Emailing a coach

[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?

[BigCat]

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?

Don't do it. You made the call. You don't need to prove to him that you were right. What does that get you? Don't do it. I can see a response like,"Ok, you got that one right but you screwed up a bunch more." If you know you're right that should be good enough. If he asks you or your assigner brings it up, fine. Frankly, coaches usually move on to next game. You bringing it up without someone asking is more apt to cause hard feelings.

And emailing just isn't a good way to communicate something like this.

[JRutledge]

Everything is about what is allowed in your area. I would not do this and often do not care what a coach think anyway. The game is over, my responsibility to the coach is over. If the assignor wants some correspondence, I will give that to him if asked.

Peace

[Rich]

Please let me first say that all this stuff is local.

I would prefer that you email the assigner, lay it all out there, and let the assigner decide what to do with it. I'm an assigner for 24 schools and while I don't mind when an official contacts an AD or coach, I'd at least like to be copied on the conversation.

[BlueDevilRef]

If it was just something non confrontational, with a coach you know fairly well, it would be ok. If it was confrontational in any way, let it go, imo. Doesn't matter if it's in black and white, you proving him wrong, which if it was contentious, why else would you being doing this, will only serve to further degrade the situation.

[refiator]

I agree with Rich. The coach deserves a respectful reply from your local Board, or from you, with their blessing.


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[Mark Padgett]

Next time, don't email him. Send him a Candy Gram.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Next time, don't email him. Send him a Candy Gram.

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MTD, Sr.

[RedAndWhiteRef]

I don't know if I'd email the coach directly, but if I had a good enough relationship with the AD I might send him something like "Your coach wanted clarification on this rule, here it is, pass it along to him." I don't see any harm in that.

[Adam]

Just what positive would you expect to come from this?

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by RedAndWhiteRef

I don't know if I'd email the coach directly, but if I had a good enough relationship with the AD I might send him something like "Your coach wanted clarification on this rule, here it is, pass it along to him." I don't see any harm in that.

If the coach WANTS clarification, fine. But sending him the rule to prove your right and he is wrong is a mistake. And phrasing it as you have above wont soften the blow if the coach hasnt specifically asked you to provide him the rule. Just not a good idea, imo