Now I know why officials dislike coaches...

[dknick78]

Coach,

I can understand your situation. I coached AAU for 5 years and at times I got a little excited when coaching. I look at it now and I wish I would have taken the steps to becoming an offical earlier. AAU coaches think they know it all. I found out real quick how much I did not know.

I run two AAU touraments each year for our local High School Athletic Booster Club as I see how some coaches act.
It is not pretty. Parents should step in and put the coach on a leash or take the children off the team. There is no reason for this type of action.

I did a freeby AAU Tournament for a friend last year. The coach from one of the teams was on me from the first trip down the court. It was 8:00 AM on a Saturday and I was donating my time. The guy keeps on me each of the next three times down the court. I give him the stop sign and set him down.

Towards the end of the game one of his girls basically trips and falls to the floor on the opposite side of the court. The coach think a foul should have been called. This was away from me in my partners areas. She is down and crying and hurt. I beacon the coach on the court to help her. She gets up and limps off the court.

After the game he walks towards me and I thought to extend his hand to shake hands. So I extend my hand and he says "I don't want to shake your hand, you are the reason my player got hurt"

For one of the first times in my life I was speechless. I vowed then and there to not do freebies.

This coach was out of hand and should not be coaching.