Goodbye Coach

[WinterWillie]

[i]Originally posted by OldCoachNewRef

Just looking for some help from you experienced guys. What would you have done and how would you have handled the situation? I really felt like just hanging it up after that. Good thing I had 2 good games on Sunday with some praise from the coaches afterwards (and a great partner) or I'd still feel that way. [/B]

Handling Coaches

Types of Coaches

The Good Guy
The Time Bomb-easy to know when he "goes off"
The Toothache: never goes away
The Hemorrhoid: never lets up
The Surgeon: dissects you for 32 minutes and you don't
even know it

Dealing with Coaches successfully:

Don't argue
Be firm and be Fair
Be courteous
Avoid Eye to Eye
Don't use their language
Lend a reasonable ear

Calling the Technical Foul

Know your tolerance threshold
Consider giving an initial strong warning. Let your
partner know about the warning.
After calling the T, talk with your partner. Know what
to do next
Get away from coach. Partner needs to help avoid an
immediate 2nd T
Take a deep breath to calm yourself
Report clearly to the table
Reminder- Head coach must sit after technical foul is
called. This also includes an indirect
technical foul asssessed to the head coach.
Coach may rise to applaud a good play, call
a timeout or request a timer/scorer/official
error per rulebook