Got in, but Didn't Get Done

[M&M Guy]

Originally posted by tjones1
Nice job, you did very well. When I first read the title of this thread, I thought someone else got cake after their game. I was getting a little jealous before I read the thread!

(It was chocolate cake with Neopolitan ice cream!!!)

monfanz - I know the last thing you want to do is end a game on bad note. But with experience you'll find there are things that are under your control, and things that aren't. There are also the situations that you handled correctly, and the things you didn't but wished you could've done differently. In this case, it sounds like you handled it professionally, which is a big, correct first step. I have to agree with TimTaylor that the administration could've been handled better; there's a chance that a couple of things might have been avoided. That's something you will learn over time. Usually I've seen things happen the other way - a newer official will get the admin. stuff right, but also go toe-to-toe with coaches, yell back, tell them to shut up, etc., and those officials tend to end up with more problems in the end. So even though the game wasn't one of those "smooth, both teams played hard, you nailed every call, both teams give you high-fives at the end" type games that make you feel good, you will eventually learn to almost feel as good about the ones like this where you kept your cool and handled things correctly.