Coaches, Coaches

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Indy_Ref
One of my partners was officiating a game last weekend. Coach complains about not getting a PC foul on an opponent. Partner says, "Coach, your player never had legal guarding position!" Coach, "Legal guarding position? Do you guys make this stuff up, or what?? What is legal guarding position? I never heard of that!!"

My partner said he thought the guy was joking...but after a few quick exchanges after this, he realized this coach was SERIOUS!!

In the coaches' conference before a game one time, I said that coaches needed to remind their players to keep hands off when guarding -- it was the year that handchecking was a POE and we were supposed to specifically mention it in our conference. Coach said, "That's not right -- tagging has never been illegal." I said, "It's in the rule book, especially Rule 10, Section 6." He said, "Oh, the rule book. I never read the rule book."

Later, he's yelling about something he thinks is illegal that we no-called, and as I went past on trail I said, "Coach, let's just remember who's read the rule book and who hasn't." Not another word.