Another first for me

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Chuck Elias
from St. Joe coach's letter:

"In closing, I still feel that four seniors who had worked very hard all year, deserved whatever time they had coming and were robbed not only of the .06 seconds, but an on the spot explanation."

Chuck,
This guy's a loon. Put a copy of the letter in a file and forget about it.

It's amusing that the amount of time that was deserved for those four seniors according to the rules is just what they got: ZERO.

I love the way that the coach cites a previous game in which the officials did not handle the clock correctly and argues that this mistake should therefore have been repeated during the game in question. Right or wrong according to the rules obviously means nothing in his mind. We should just blindly follow the previous mistakes of others.
Yet another example of officials who do things incorrectly making it harder for those officials who bother to learn the rules and apply them correctly.

PS Coach, the game clock shows tenths of a second, not hundreths. So you should have written .6 not .06 seconds.
Go ask your school's math teacher.

Let's hope he's not the math teacher.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Dan_ref
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BTW, it's not clear to me what his lawyer will be able to do to help him or hurt you, unless maybe he's about to lose his coaching job over this & he plans on fighting to the death to keep it. If I were you I would send a copy of this to my association & insurance carrier for their records, just in case your name ends up on some civil action.

And then I would forget about it.
[/B][/QUOTE]Amen!

You got the call right, according to the rules. You had the 'nads to report the guy, for which you should be saluted by your fellow officials. One thing fer sure, this clown is gonna hesitate a l'il now the next time he loses his temper with an official.

No need to do anything else, Chuck, but shake your head and just forget about it.

Tell yourself the coach is probably a Yankees' fan, if it'll make you feel a l'il bit better.

[rockyroad]

Chuck - get written, signed statements from anyone who heard the guy's comments in the hall, make copies, send the copies to your assignor, your lawyer, and the guy's AD and Principal...then nail his a$$ to the wall!

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by bballrob
Don't forget to send the statements to HIS lawyer too.

Even better, call his lawyer & talk to him about the case for an hour or so.

Your coach buddy will get a nice bill in the mail.

[Mark Dexter]

I always knew the short ones were liars . . .

Wow - is this guy kidding? He wants you to take a lie detector test? If there's anyone who should be punished/investigated (other than the coach himself), it's the bozos who (allegedly) screwed up the clock the week before.

I'd keep a copy of this letter, any statements supporting you, etc. And I agree with sending copies in to your assignor, your IAABO board, your lawyer, etc.