How to talk to a referee

[JRutledge]

The game I had on Saturday was not a very well played game by both teams. The visiting team players would complain every single time there was a call. Every time my partners called something I had a kid in my face or making a comment. I even had a kid follow me around the court after my partners called something that I actually did not completely see. Funny thing the coach of the visiting team was complaining a lot too. Every time something was called he was in the ear of me or one of the other officials. Then he did not like the fact that I called an illegal screen on his player that set a football style block (most of the screens were like that, I picked the worst one ). Then we came to the other end and the home team's set a screen while moving, but the defender ran around the screen and no contact and no displacement took place. I did not call anything and the coach went nuts. I T'd up the coach from the Lead position as I was table side. This took place in at the end of the first half after we had called more than 20 fouls in the first half.

The second half starts and we called just as many fouls on both sides and not one person complained the rest of the game. At least they did not complain outwardly as they had during the first half. Funny when the coach decides to do something, the players follow.

Peace