Rules stickler

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by caliref
Ok, so I am quite versed in the rules of basketball and am learning about the ways to apply the rules in the necessary situation. My question is..... if you have a coach that is questioning your rules interps and being a total stickler on the rules, do you start to follow suit on them or just let it go?

You tell the coach that she's getting paid to coach, and you're getting paid to be the rules interpreter. If she tries to argue that you're wrong about something, you say, "Tonight, I'm not coaching, and you're not reffing. If you feel I've made some mistakes, you can contact my assignor after the game." If there's any more complaining, you give the universal stop sign, and the next complaint after that buys the coach a seat belt. It's that simple.