Coach Follies

[tomegun]

Yesterday I had a game and neither coach knew me since I'm new to the area. So I have a play and the coach has the same view as me. There is some contact, but his player had the opportunity to shoot the ball and make the basket so we play on. The coach is complaining for a while and then he says something to my partner like, "You need to help him." Mistake #1. I'm going to trail across from the table and this coach is yelling, "You need to get some courage, you need to get some courage." So I'm thinking, "Uh yeah, he really doesn't know me." WHACK! I stayed opposite the table, but in those situations I don't know if there is any better moment than going right back beside the (sitting) coach after a play like that.
His team won the game, but I will probably be on his list now. I don't think coaches should have that much power to block an official or play a part (50%) in Mississippi in the playoffs. Oh well, if the same thing happened, I would do the same thing.

[ZEBRA]

tomegun,
here in the Tricitys Washington coaches and ADs get together and
pick refs for district and regional playoffs, we usually send a list of the top 25-30 officials in our associaion and they get thier choises depending on availabiltiy. Not a great system.
Carl

[Texas Aggie]

Coach RUNS almost to the end line

Stop at that point. This is a no-brainer technical no matter how you look at it.

[dkitch]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Stop at that point. This is a no-brainer technical no matter how you look at it.

Yup, NFHS Rules 1-13-2 and 10-5-1.

[LarryS]

I've been lucky this year...only one comment where the coach was upset and it was with a rookie partner. Coach thought my partner missed a travel by the other team. I was going to lead (two whistles) and saw a little of it as I was running but didn't see everything as two guys were starting to pass me and I wanted to watch them as well.

When we got back to the other end...coach said something. I just told the coach I didn't see it but my partner was right on top of the play. At that momnet, his guard drove the lane and I "think" traveled with the stutter step to start the drive. I started to raise my hand but passed...coach said "OK, we're even" as we started the other way.

There was a great comment from the stands that got me and players from both teams to grin. Home team is steadily expanding the lead and has it to 15 points about half way through the 3rd quarter...we called three quick obvious fouls on the visiting team. I was getting ready to administer the first free throw when some lady yells "There are two teams on that floor!"...followed quickly be a man yelling "Yep, one good one and one bad one." Most of us grinned and the visiting team player standing next to me said "Now that's funny...I don't care who you are."