What would you do or say?

[Old School]

Originally Posted by refnjoe

OS- Maybe YOU don't have to answer their questions. In my association, we are expected to talk to coaches and answer their questions. There is no use debating this, as this is the CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS expectation if I want to continue to work games, and ever advance.

There's nothing wrong with this. This is also where you will need to grow some thick skin and maybe that's why the association is forcing you to do it.

Something to consider because this will happen in the game. If a coach asks me a question and the ball is live and I'm standing either next to him or within ear shot of him. If I give him an answer, it has to be 1 or 2 seconds, really quick. So, if I fail to come up with something during that quick timespan, ball headed in the other direction, I'm gone with the play and I might not come back on that side of the court when we come back down. End result, I didn't answer his question on that trip and I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. More often than not, they will forget about that question and move on to the next incident. If the coach wants to call a timeout and wants talk to me. He's more than welcome to do that and I will then go and speak directly with him.

[Raymond]

PS: OS, you actually posted something sensible above my post.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by Old School

Something to consider because this will happen in the game. If a coach asks me a question and the ball is live and I'm standing either next to him or within ear shot of him. If I give him an answer, it has to be 1 or 2 seconds, really quick. So, if I fail to come up with something during that quick timespan, ball headed in the other direction, I'm gone with the play and I might not come back on that side of the court when we come back down. End result, I didn't answer his question on that trip and I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. More often than not, they will forget about that question and move on to the next incident. If the coach wants to call a timeout and wants talk to me. He's more than welcome to do that and I will then go and speak directly with him.

This is actually a decent post.