Partner goes down - coaches go brain dead

[zebraman]

3-person varsity last night. Partner pulls a hammy in 2nd quarter. JV ref filled in for him at halftime. We tell the coaches at halftime and they are OK with it.

2 minutes into the 2nd half and both coaches are riding the new guy.

I have never lectured coaches before but I went to both of them and told them both to leave him alone and let him ref in my best parent voice. I felt like I should send them each to their rooms to take a time-out.

They left him alone after that.

You'd think they'd understand that in that situation, the ref was as nervous as if they were playing some young kid for the first time. Geeze.