a rant on game management priorities

[refnjoe]

Forgive me for the rant, but I need to vent to people who will understand. Or maybe you guys can tell me Im nuts

Freshmen boys game- Everything going well in first half. We had to tell players to keep their shirts tucked in several times, no big deal.

At halftime, my partner complains to me, saying he never seen a game where the players just wouldn't keep their shirts in. I laugh, and he says, "Whats the rule on that? Can we call a technical?"

I explain that there is nothing to my knowledge allowing a T for that, and only real recourse is to tell them to tuck em in, and as last resort can send a player out of the game (I think).

So, he tells coaches at beginning of half time to ask the players to keep on it, so we wont have to. I have no problem with that.

Later in 3rd quarter, there was a loose ball and some contact, nothing that I would judge a foul, and no call by either of us. Player on visiting team goes down, holding face. When possession is secured, we whistle for possible injury.

Visiting coach is complaining that there should have been a foul called. I can take this, although I disagree, but then ASSISTANT coach starts running his mouth. He has already made a couple comments on the previous trip down the court. I tell head coach that his bench needs to leave the officiating to the officials, and that I didn't want to hear anything else from the assistant.

When I had a chance, I tell partner that V bench/assistant has been warned about addressing/complaining to the officials and that I wasn't going to keep listening to it. He says he doesn't think we should call a T for this, and it would only be like adding salt to the wound (visitors were down by 20)

How's that? This from the guy who wanted to call a T for a shirt being untucked???