1st varsity Tech awarded

[Rich]

Originally Posted by deecee

Saturday evening GV

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Report the foul and head to the timeout spot. Choose the one opposite this coach's bench.

I never engage a coach (or try not to anyway) when the question is the equivalent of "when did you stop beating your wife"? He isn't "using a timeout to address a no call" cause I'm not staying around to "address" it.

When the coach assumes facts not in evidence (his player "getting hammered") you have absolutely no chance of having a rational discussion. Get out of there and if the coach starts yelling across the court, well, then everyone knows why you're whacking him.

[rainmaker]

When I'm doing my best work (which isn't always!) and a coach is making statements rather than asking questions, I find that just, "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." works until I can get the heck away from them. I still don't understand why, but it really seems to cut off the flow and gets them back to the game. Sometimes, it even makes the fans laugh a little in a positive way. I don't get it, but hey, it gets the job done.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

When I'm doing my best work (which isn't always!) and a coach is making statements rather than asking questions, I find that just, "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." works until I can get the heck away from them. I still don't understand why, but it really seems to cut off the flow and gets them back to the game. Sometimes, it even makes the fans laugh a little in a positive way. I don't get it, but hey, it gets the job done.

Or alternatively.....STFU, STFU, STFU...

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Or alternatively.....STFU, STFU, STFU...

Well, no, that's never worked for me.

[ref18]

One thing, I never address a coach by his first name, never...ever.

It's always Coach last name here or just Coach.

Just like I hate it when a coach addresses me by first name during a game I believe that goes both ways.

Because if you know the name of one coach, but not the other it could look like a conflict of interest.

That and it just looks like you're too chummy with them.

Address them respectfully, but not with their first names.

[blindzebra]

I'm taking my foul to the table, reporting it, saying timeout white, look at the coach and say, "Which one do you want," briefly wait, if he answers I report what he requested, if he doesn't I turn to the other bench and my partner and say, "Full," report that and go to the block.

It's like Jeopardy, I'm not talking unless it's a question, and even if it's a question it isn't getting answered until they are acting like an adult instead of a 3 year old.

They chase me...physically or verbally, they get whacked.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

I find that just, "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." works ...

I have a fellow ref who always says this. One time the coach asked him why he kept saying this in response to all of his comments.

His reply was "Because they won't let me say..."

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

.....STFU, STFU, STFU...