illegal defense

[CYO Butch]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

This is better than "howler monkeys" in my opinion. Even howler monkeys are smarter than couches.

I'm a "Bark"a-lounger myself. I've found that barking while stretched out lying down really makes my point and gets all the calls to go my way.

And by the way, rainmaker has it right. Unless all your officials are HS volunteers without any training, they know the rules and do their best to apply them fairly. They also know the rules better than you do. I don't always agree with specific calls, and I know what it's like to have a big kid get more than his fair share of abuse (it was my son's story all through grade school and middle school). But I became a MUCH better coach when I concentrated on what we could do, not on what the refs were doing.

p.s. Buy a rule book. It's amazing how much there is in there about the game that is really useful for youth coaches.

[Edited by CYO Butch on Mar 3rd, 2004 at 03:54 PM]