Assistant Kneeling

[JRutledge]

You can say all the nice words and there are coaches that will completely argue with you. So I do not spend a lot of time trying to be nice. "Coach you cannot be there, you must sit as you do not have coaching box privileges."

We had a kid last night that was bleeding and was bleeding on his mask. When we noticed this we told the coach the player had to be replaced. He was given a new mask and thought he could stay. I had to tell the coach, we need a sub for blood on a player. He sent the player back to the table and the table blew the horn and the player came back in. I sent the kid back and told the coach, "He has to sit until the clock runs." All the coach did was give me blowback and all I told him was the rule.

You can be nice to these guys and direct and they still will make an issue out of stuff. This idea of being nice is a fallacy. It does not solve everything if the participants think they know better than you do.

Peace