Coaches who are also Officials

[Raymond]

Ole Scott Foster is a Legend up and down Virginia.

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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Ole Scott Foster is a Legend up and down Virginia.

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Hey stop insulting my guy....!!!!!!

[deecee]

I use an honest approach when a coach tries to inform me he is an official or that his kids will be playing XYZ style. I look at him and say "I don't care." and walk away. It sets a horrible tone for allowing those types of conversations and makes it clear I'm there to officiate. I have found that coaches that like to remind us these things are usually the biggest pains in the butt.

[Rich]

I coached softball for 2 summers.

I had the hardest time with umpires who clearly were pulling things out of their backsides. But I never, ever told them I was an umpire. It just wouldn't help.

I got ejected once each summer. In both cases, it was an umpire who decided that he was above answering any questions whatsoever and decided the easiest way to deal with me was to make me go away.

When one found out I was an assigner for HS softball, he tried to talk his way back into my good graces the next day. That made things even worse in the end.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by deecee

I use an honest approach when a coach tries to inform me he is an official or that his kids will be playing XYZ style. I look at him and say "I don't care." and walk away. It sets a horrible tone for allowing those types of conversations and makes it clear I'm there to officiate. I have found that coaches that like to remind us these things are usually the biggest pains in the butt.

I've decided that for now on my response will be "I used to coach, and I was a strong, physical post player".

[Valley Man]

I am on the opposite of this story actually.

Loved learning the rules of basketball as I first started out as a coach One season we failed to attend the clinic so I had to take the test. Scored well, but found out I needed to learn more than the basics! 21 seasons later I got out of coaching and some officials recruited me. Just finished my 5th year with a whistle.

[LRZ]

Coach: "I'm a ref...."

Me: "Not tonight you're not."

[justacoach]

+1
Great line

Are you Mark Padgett's understudy?