Coaches Behavior

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Rich

I am not saying that the official should be over the top and ranting and raving -- but there's nothing that a quiet word with a cooperative game manager can't fix.

For me, fan noise usually correlates to coach behavior. I can ignore most of it, but when fans get personal or start in on members of the other team (student sections making fun of opposing players, for example), then it shouldn't just be ignored.

I agree completely with shutting down the student section making fun of an opposing player. I will jump on that. But the generic things AremRed mentioned are standard phrases that I don't deem as "personal" - they are just generic opinions that fans say when they don't understand why calls are made or not made. Typical fan behavior - maybe he just didn't describe it to the level it rose to where it became toss-worthy.

[LRZ]

Standards of what is deemed acceptable behavior will differ. I have no problem with what AremRed did. Not often, but on occasion, I have had to remind fans of the codes of conduct schools must adhere to in the leagues I work.

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by LRZ

Standards of what is deemed acceptable behavior will differ. I have no problem with what AremRed did. Not often, but on occasion, I have had to remind fans of the codes of conduct schools must adhere to in the leagues I work.

Context also matters. If that's a packed house, those comments might not make a difference, or even be heard. If its one idiot in a gym of 10 fans, then I'm not putting up with that very long.

[SC Official]

The sportsmanship memos read by the PA announcers before games do a pretty good job of curtailing fan problems here.

And I agree with the above poster. If the gym is silent and there’s one guy acting the fool, he probably won’t make it very long even if he’s not saying magic words. I don’t have to have rabbit ears for that one guy to be pissing me off (and likely the other quiet fans around him).

[sdoebler]

Not sure if you guys get this info but here are some stats for our state:
Ejections/Technical Fouls
Last year through January 2, the CHSAA Office had received 197 basketball game reports on technical fouls and ejections. There were seven coaches and 10 players ejected. This season through January 2, we received 197 reports and two were coach and 17 were player ejections.

[LRZ]

I should also add that when I have had to chastise an unruly fan, I typically got thanked by other people after the game.

[RefsNCoaches]

There is a Saturday youth league I am a part of and have been for 18 years ( coached in it several years ago and also served on their board for about 6 years when I lived on that side of town). I work their JRHS and HS league games. The HS league is basically the intramural league for 9th, 10th, 11th graders. I don't have any issues with coaches in this league cause I know all of them from my time being involved and the league is well run in terms of what they expect from their coaches and players....but there's always one kid...every year!

First weekend of games, last Saturday...HS league, kid comes out from a timeout and jumps up and grabs the rim with one hand..he doesn't hang on it... just kinda grabbed it and came back down. So, I figure I'll give him benefit of the doubt and I simply tell him to stay off the rims during time outs. This knucklehead replies under his breath, but loud enough for me to hear it "You need to shut the F up"....Rang him up...then he had the balls to say "This is BS"...so he got tossed and won't be playing this week either.

Coach asked me after I reported what did he say...I told him and he said, thanks and just shook his head.

Fans are gonna be fans...I don't care if it's V, JV, Frosh, JH, Travel ball, AAU or rec...they are 95% idiots that don't know the rules.