Verbal Abuse From Coach

[williebfree]

I am a little too young to have observed Coach Wooden during his successful endevour at UCLA, but from what I have heard it seems that he was NOT a coach who got results by berating his players or officials for that matter... I have been told that he said very little during the games and was quoted as saying something to the effect, "My players have learned in practice... yelling at them on the court is not necessary."


I had a very unique situation in a game last year where I made my best effort at game management to redirect a coach from his constant belittling of HIS players (7th grade boys). Unfortunately, near the end of the 2nd qtr, I had used up my progression of options and was forced to "whack" him. Suprizingly (NOT), he did not deal with it very well and he forced me to "whack" him again. As he departed the court, the fans (parents of the players on HIS bench) cheered!