Coach uses F*** word

[Smitty]

Originally posted by JRutledge
I also do not care what others think like Bob, Tony or JR think as it relates to my own philosophy. I do not have to accept their point of view on it because it offends them. You call me a "b!tch" I might take that a lot differently than most here depending on who said it and in what context it is used. Any official has the right to take on whatever point of view on this they like, but I just wanted to know why this word was so bad and deserved an automatic ejection and other words for some reason do not meet that criteria.

Peace

I think you answered your own question. For you, being called a b!tch might be extremely offensive in a certain context. I think it's fair to say that if someone makes a personal comment directed at them and that comment includes the f-word, most people would find that extremely offensive. That you would not only goes to your point that everyone is different about what offends them and what doesn't. I think a coach of a high school level team or below, representing a school, needs to be held to a higher standard when he's working in the confines of that relationship. The only true means we have to punish such actions is the flagrant foul. If you choose not to use that type of a punishment, that's within your rights as an official. Like most everything else, it's a judgement call.

[Edited by Smitty on Feb 7th, 2005 at 02:23 PM]