coaches "working" officials

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by bebanovich
...sometimes it's "you're calling us for every little touch on the perimeter and your letting them hammer us inside. you can't reward one style over another!"

I've got news for you, coach. You're never going to see positive results from this one. You're telling me, "You're cheating us." I'm not going to listen to that and I don't know any other official who is either.

Advice

1- If you want me to listen to you and to talk to you, speak to me in the same manner that you want to be spoken to.

2- Never say anything that accuses me of favoring the other team. I'm not there to favor either club. Accusing me of cheating will just get you a deaf ear. If you continue with it, it'll get you a seat. (It amazes me that coaches still haven't figured this one out.)

3- Don't use announcerspeak terms like "over the back" or "reachin!" It tells me that you don't know the rules, which means that nothing I say will matter. So I'm not going to say anything.

Hope that helps!

[Edited by BktBallRef on Feb 5th, 2006 at 07:08 PM]