One team "too rough"

Dan_ref · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 07, 2005, 02:39pm

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Originally posted by Robmoz

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Originally posted by Dan_ref

C'mon. This coach was getting his butt kicked, he felt it was Mark's fault and he wanted Mark to do something about it.

There are times when a coach says something that is so unbearably...errr...well, uhmmm....stupid...that nothing short of a quick and hopefully painless but brutal response is deserved.

There's just no other good way to respond to the coach after that discussion. What was Mark gonna say, "I'll watch for it coach"? If that was me I would have been tempted to tell him to keep his darlings off the floor if he feared for their safety. Or at least roll my eyes & walked away.

Although I'm pretty sure I would not have shared this with the other coach.

I guess that is my whole point, a professional response or no response at best but no need to be smug about it.

I guess I don't see where he's being "smug".

BTW, there are ways for a coach to handle this without blaming the officials for general incompetence (not that I'm saying Mark's not generally incompetent, mind you). For instance, he *could have* asked Mark to watch for:

"My point guard's having trouble gettig around the hand checks"

"My big guy's taking some elbows on rebounds"

"My man-to-man's breaking down because of illegal screens"

You know, specific items rather than whining "Help me! They play too haaaaard!"