1st varsity Tech awarded

[bgleason@neonin]

I think it is easy to sit back and say I would have T'd him earlier, which I may have in this situation, but your calmness is impressive. I know my problem is getting angry when I am being yelled at. If you can remain calm and professional you can never be wrong.

Anger makes things worse and can cause to early of a T or a bad response. Believe me I know...

Coaches cannot call time out to speak with you. "Coach please use your time out to coach your team." Turn and walk away. Now if he screams more you have your Lay-up of a T.

Wow this is like Therapy for me...I feel better just thinking about these words and now that I have written them down, I feel like I can use them calmly. If I have a canned response ready, I can use it under stress.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by bgleason@neonin

Coaches cannot call time out to speak with you. "Coach please use your time out to coach your team." Turn and walk away. Now if he screams more you have your Lay-up of a T.

Coaches can call times-out for whatever they like, that's not our business. But we don't have to engage them in conversation. I'm not going to tell the coach "please use your time out to coach your team". I'll answer one reasonably asked question then I'm walking away.

[Junker]

Originally Posted by bgleason@neonin

I think it is easy to sit back and say I would have T'd him earlier, which I may have in this situation, but your calmness is impressive. I know my problem is getting angry when I am being yelled at. If you can remain calm and professional you can never be wrong.

Anger makes things worse and can cause to early of a T or a bad response. Believe me I know...

Coaches cannot call time out to speak with you. "Coach please use your time out to coach your team." Turn and walk away. Now if he screams more you have your Lay-up of a T.

Wow this is like Therapy for me...I feel better just thinking about these words and now that I have written them down, I feel like I can use them calmly. If I have a canned response ready, I can use it under stress.

The longer you officiate, the less emotion you'll have in these situations. I used to get a little firey at times when coaches were a pain, but the more times you go through it, the less it bothers you. After a while, you just throw the T and move on. I work one JH tournament every year for an assignor. This year I had a dad come on the floor after his kid was ejected from a game (one of the reasons I work this tourney is that 1 T and you're done for the game, 2 and you're gone for the weekend). I suprised myself because I had no urge to say anthing to the irate father. I just stood back, let our game management escort the guy out, and got back to work. A few years ago I may have gotten myself into a shouting match with the guy. Experience goes a long way in this business.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Junker

The longer you officiate, the less emotion you'll have in these situations. I used to get a little firey at times when coaches were a pain, but the more times you go through it, the less it bothers you. After a while, you just throw the T and move on. I work one JH tournament every year for an assignor. This year I had a dad come on the floor after his kid was ejected from a game (one of the reasons I work this tourney is that 1 T and you're done for the game, 2 and you're gone for the weekend). I suprised myself because I had no urge to say anthing to the irate father. I just stood back, let our game management escort the guy out, and got back to work. A few years ago I may have gotten myself into a shouting match with the guy. Experience goes a long way in this business.

Or you just shake your head and walk away -- find a reason to talk to your partner on the far block or something. Takes two to argue about something. After seeing your back for 10 seconds, the coach will likely go back to coaching.