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[RonRef]

Originally Posted by Junker

I'm done eating lunch so I'll chime in quickly, not that anyone necessarily wants my opinion. Talking to coaches about sportsmanship can be a slippery slope. The coach may well agree with the player that you are stinking up the joint. I will use coaches to help with players, but only when I know them pretty well. Also, how come no one has brought up talking to other players, especially the captains, of the player's team. I'll occasionally say to another player, "take care of your teammate there before I have to." Also, instead of warning the player, catch them durning a free throw or sometime, and tell them they are way too good a player to spend the whole game whining. I've had success with that one. It is kind of a trial and error method to finding your game managment style. On a side note, this is a JV game, so why take so much crap from a kid. Warn him once, then take care of business. JV kids are there to learn to play at the varsity level, not evaluate officials.

I am all for talking to a player at a dead ball situation as you stated. I would like to use captains more but most of the time they are some of the worst offenders you have to deal with during the game.