Bench Decorum

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Huntin' Ref

In one of my first ever varsity contests, we had an assistant coach questioning calls. My partner (very prominant college official) calmly walked over and told the assistant coach that he only had 3 reasons for being in the gym. #1 help the head coach keep track of fouls/timeouts #2 learn how to coach from the head coach #3 "Most importantly to drive the bus, and I don't listen to the bus driver!"

While the asst coach shouldn't be questioning calls, I don't agree with treating people in this manner. A very successful official once told me that he always listens to asst coaches because someday they will become head coaches.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

While the asst coach shouldn't be questioning calls, I don't agree with treating people in this manner. A very successful official once told me that he always listens to asst coaches because someday they will become head coaches.

Good and when they get fired as a head coach, many of us will still be around.

Who really cares if their feelings get hurt. Then they should know their place and shut up.

Peace

[Ignats75]

The first time I hear it, if I'm by the bench, I'll joke and say, "if you're calling it, I don't need to". If that doesn't work, I'll warn the coach that if I hear anymore reffing from the bench his view of the game will be impaired. Strike three is a bench technical. I make sure that my partner knows we are at strike two. This specific behavior is addressed in my pregame so that my partner and I are on the same page; as I too have noticed more chirping this year from Asst Coaches.

I am very intolerant of Asst Coaches. They're like my kids. They should be seen and not heard.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Jimgolf

No, a lot of people get Hindi and Urdu confused.

From Wikipedia:
"Urdū is often contrasted with Hindi, another standardised form of Hindustani. The main difference between the two is that Standard Urdū is written in Nastaliq calligraphy style of the Perso-Arabic script and draws heavily on Persian and Arabic loanwords, while Standard Hindi is written in Devanāgarī and has inherited significant vocabulary from Sanskrit. Linguists therefore consider Urdū and Hindi to be dialects of the same language.[3] Together Hindi-Urdu is the second most widely spoken language in the world."

Thanks. Reminds me of the relationship between Serbian (written in Cyrillics) and Croatian (written in Latin letters).

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

While the asst coach shouldn't be questioning calls, I don't agree with treating people in this manner. A very successful official once told me that he always listens to asst coaches because someday they will become head coaches.

Yet more bad advice from the mouths of "bigdawgs".

[Greg]

My rule of thumb is simple: Nobody besides the head coach should be chirping from the bench. One warning should suffice. Most coaches will get pretty upset if someone else on the bench does something to warrant a "T"