Coaches Behavior

[SD Referee]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Over 500 games and no coach T’s is not coincidental or an indicator of good game management; it’s an unwillingness to penalize unacceptable behavior.

Who said anything about 500 games? Your statement about "unwillingness to penalize unacceptable behavior" is your opinion. It doesn't make you a better official than me or anybody else. I could take the opposite approach and say that you are a hot head with a short fuse. I don't believe that, but that's the approach you are taking.

As I stated above, we have a very good level of respect and professionalism in our area. It seems you guys are dealing with the opposite.

I am picturing the types of people you guys are dealing with and I'm glad that we don't have much of that, if any, in our areas. I'm picturing the crowds, coaches, and players that we see in preseason meeting videos and viral videos on the internet. I imagine you guys deal with that type of nonsense. It may hard for most of you to believe or accept, but where I am at, that is the exception and not the rule. In our area, if you are a good official, you get the respect and professionalism that we all deserve.

[Raymond]

I have issued 4 coaches warnings so far.

2 of them were in the last 2-3 minutes of games issued to the HCs who were winning but were continually harping about a call they didn't like.

One was issued to a coach early in the 3rd quarter after complaining on 3 consecutive possessions about no-calls. He was fine the rest of the game.

The 4th was for a coach who started in early and I gave him a warning late in the 1st quarter. Then in the 3rd quarter one of my partners was about to issue that same HC a warning when he caught eye contact with me and remembered I had already issued a warning. So he issued a T instead like the rule intended.

It has been a while since I have T'd up a HS coach (it's been so long I don't remember). I have T'd up 2 college HCs this season. Neither was a problem after the receiving their T's.