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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 07:39am
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communiciation
I am interested to hear how many of you handle communication with a coach on a call that is not in your area. I have had two of these recently, one on a purported backcourt violation and one on a goaltend. In each instance, I was handling my area and did not see the plays, yet the coaches were yelling to me about the situatuion.
In one instance, I handled it poorly by saying it was not my call (backcourt) - that clearly did not satisfy the coach. It came across as passing the buck, which the coach did not appreciate. I don't beleive we want to get into explaining to the coach whose responsibility it is to make a particular call, i.e goaltending. But when they are screaming that you missed an obvious ( in his mind) goaltending call, (which I was rightfully not observing as the lead), what do you say to him? just curious 
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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 07:46am
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I've had success with telling a coach that I will bring his concerns to the crew.
Whatever you do say, allow him to speak his mind once. After the second time, inform him that he's been heard. After a third, I believe you must "tell him to move on". 
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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 09:56am
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Yes I will tell a coach who had a better look at the play, whether it is me or my partners and to ask the appropriate official. If a coach thinks we missed a call and I was the "calling official" I will answer his question in a direct way if the coach is being reasonable. For example if a coach wants a GT for just slapping the backboard, then I will address that with what the rule is or explain you cannot have GT for slapping the backboard. It makes no sense for you to explain something you did not see or that you have no responsibility for. The coach should talk to the right official or they should not be complaining. Now if you have dual coverage, I might say that my partner and I had a good look at the play and either passed or I had the same thing that my partner had. Usually when two officials see the same thing, it is really hard for them to continue to complain with credibility. This is why double whistles can save crews on tough calls.
Peace
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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 11:10am
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"Coach, I didn't see the play you need to discuss it with him."
or "Coach I saw the play I agree with the call."
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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 11:30am
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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 04:13pm
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The NCAA actually came out last year and said that an official telling a coach "That's not my call" is unacceptable!
If I saw the call, but didn't have a great look at it, I will say something like "Coach, Brendan is right there and has a great look at that play." Otherwise, I agree that you can say "I didn't have a good look at it, Coach." One approach that I heard a top official say a few years ago is that he will sometimes ask, "What did you see, Coach?" -- this allows the coach to vent and explain what he is seeing. Normally you do not even have an opportunity to respond, as the game is going on. After listening you can respond, "OK - I didn't see the same thing." or "OK - we'll take a look at that." Many times the coach just wants to vent and wants to know that we are acknowledging him.
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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 05:09pm
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Sun Jun 25, 2006, 06:39pm
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If a coach is questioning on me about a call, or lack there of by my partner - one of my favorite responses is 'Coach - if I can give you an answer to that, you should be yelling/b*tching at me for not watching the players in my primary/the 6 players directly in front of me.' (you can either condense or elaborate depending on the time you have to talk to the coach and/or your repoire with the coach) The coach usually has to stop for a second to think about what you just said and it adds a little humor to help diffuse a situation.
This of course doesn't work if your partner has reached a little out of his/her area and called something you chose to pass on. Then it is a standard 'Coach, I am sure *insert name here* will happily explain it next time he/she has a moment.' Or you can just throw them under the bus with 'Hell if I know Coach, as soon as you figure out let me know'
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Mon Jun 26, 2006, 06:38pm
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Sorry coach, I was busy thinking about what the other coach and I were talking about earlier. But I'll get the next one!
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Tue Jun 27, 2006, 07:25am
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Stealing a line from Hawkeye, from the show MASH.....................................
You can look the coach straight in the eyes and say,Coach do I look like Radar to you?
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Mon Jun 26, 2006, 07:04pm
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Mon Jun 26, 2006, 09:04pm
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 Where were you on the court?? Center, trail, lead?? Were you too foucused in your area to glance at the shot? Your partners need help sometimes on the floor, going up the floor and tellling the coach" it was not in your area" ! You just hung your partners out to dry. Maybe this should have been talked about during pregame?? I hope it was talked about at the post game. And you should buy the first round
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