NFHS Ugly Game Week

[TimTaylor]

Originally posted by Tim C
In Oregon there must be an ASEP certified person on the bench of any OSAA sponsored game.

Tim,

Along these lines, I assume then that OSAA requires mandatory ASEP certification for all coaches, including assistants. Unfortunately officials rarely get this kind of information except by osmosis.

When ejecting a head coach, I first politely ask them if they have a qualified assistant on the bench and who it is. This accomplishes two things: First - it tells me who the new acting coach will be; Second - asking them a question makes the coach change their line of thought, putting them a little off balance if you will, and the momentary confusion can really help defuse a potentially volatile situation. It's a sneaky little trick I learned in LEO training almost three decades ago and it still works.....

On the rare occasion they'd say "no" (and I've never seen this happen), we can then either quickly try to find one handy from their school or go the forfeit route.

In Juulie's case, since the boy's V coach took over, I assume all was OK......



[Edited by TimTaylor on Jan 30th, 2006 at 02:21 AM]