T'ed Up?

[CYO Butch]

Originally posted by Kaliix
You would think though, in a tournament game that the school payed money to get in, that you would atleast warn a coach first before you "T" them up, if it was an accumulation effect that was bordering on a T.

"Call 'em both ways" isn't exactly making it personal either. If I said "You suck, call 'em both ways" I would have been disappointed if I didn't get a T!

I managed to work the refs all year and not get a T, which considering my personality, is some what impressive. I think perhaps I hit a thin skinned ref.

As a middle school coach myself, I would say that I like what the official did. "Working the refs" is completely inappropriate at this level. It sets a VERY BAD EXAMPLE for the kids, and it reflects what I see as a misplaced set of values. The game is there for the kids. You want them to win, but you also want them to learn a whole lot of life lessons about teamwork and dedication within a set of rules - lessons that ultimately don't have much to do with basketball. Trying to influence the outcome by maniplating the only impartial people there is not the lesson I want to teach, and it is not the lesson that I like to see others teach either. Sure, coaches are often emotional people, and we can get very frustrated when things are not going our way, and sure, sometimes our emotions lead us to things that might cross the line to deserve a technical, but that line will move closer the more we complain. If you had not been on the officials all game, your complaint might have just resulted in a warning, but you brought it on yourself.

Aside from my feelings about the lesson "working the refs" gives, I think it is really self-defeating. Why would anybody think they would gain by getting an official p*ssed at them?