1st varsity Tech awarded

[Dan_ref]

coach: how was there no foul on that rebound my girl was hammered?
me: Jim (name has been changed) Are you questioning my judgement?
coach: no but...
me: good...

and walk away.

[JRutledge]

All I can say is to address the behavior first, then answer their questions if their behavior changes.

This took some time for me to finally get a good hold of, but I will not discuss any situation with a coach until they act like they have some sense.

I had a situation this weekend in a huge rivarly game that I had to handle. I told both coaches they needed to get back to coaching because I was not going to tolerate this all night. I told both coaches the same thing and they went back to coaching and the rest of the game was fine.

If you addressed the behavior first (it is also easy to say that from behind a computer) you might not have needed to give a T. Also having said that, I really have no problem with what you did. The coach was likely testing you and might have kept on no matter what you said. Take it as a learning experience and get better from this point on.

Peace

[johnnyrao]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

coach: how was there no foul on that rebound my girl was hammered?

Me: "Coach (I would recommend not using first names), in my judgement, that was incidental contact"...then walk away.

It lets the coach know that you saw the contact but vhose not to penalize it because there was no foul by either player. There is not much a coach can say after that.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by johnnyrao

Me: "Coach (I would recommend not using first names), in my judgement, that was incidental contact"...then walk away.

It lets the coach know that you saw the contact but vhose not to penalize it because there was no foul by either player. There is not much a coach can say after that.

Nope, not me.

If a coach asks in a reasonable manner I will answer any question to the best of my ability within a reasonable amount of time.

If a coach calls a TO to get a piece of me he aint getting sh1t.

[deecee]

Dan i usually follow that principle but this time i had to mow through the wall to get to the well if you know what I mean

[bgleason@neonin]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

coach: how was there no foul on that rebound my girl was hammered?
me: Jim (name has been changed) Are you questioning my judgement?
coach: no but...
me: good...

and walk away.

What if the response was: "yes, in this play I am questioning your judgement?

You asked for that one and CANNOT bang him for the response.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bgleason@neonin

What if the response was: "yes, in this play I am questioning your judgement?

You asked for that one and CANNOT bang him for the response.

The answer to that is "Don't!".

And if he doesn't listen, then you bang him.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by bgleason@neonin

What if the response was: "yes, in this play I am questioning your judgement?

You asked for that one and CANNOT bang him for the response.

Who said I want to bang him?

If he asks in a reasonable, respectful manner I'll explain what I saw. No biggie.

If he's anything less than respectful then I take care of business, regardless of what you think I can or cannot do. No biggie.