How do you respond to coach who is right but an a** about it?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by tomegun

How many times today during normal conversations disagreements and so forth has anyone used a stop sign today? Didn't think so. Coaches are people and officials are people.

I put up the stop sign twice but I kept knocking my flat screen monitor over so I won't do it again.

btw Tom...you know what they say about coaches opininions, dontchya?

If you believe them when they say you're right....

[bgleason@neonin]

If you later realize you had the wrong line, I would tell both coaches you made a mistake and put it back in play, like a do over. Don't make the same mistake again.

If you were correct, point out to the coach that he or she needs to pay closer attention.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bgleason@neonin

If you later realize you had the wrong line, I would tell both coaches you made a mistake and put it back in play, like a do over. Don't make the same mistake again.

If you were correct, point out to the coach that he or she needs to pay closer attention.

It's not a do-over. It's an inadvertant whistle which is handled POI.

[Ron Giacoma]

Originally Posted by bellnier

Here's the sitch. Girls varsity game in large gym that has regulation court plus 3 courts at right angles to main court. Gym also supports volleyball, kickball, God only knows what else. The result is that there are zillions of lines on court. Unfortunately, there is another line parallel to, and just a few inches from, the half-court line. Player in frontcourt dribbles ball just over bogus line but not on real line. Ref calls backcourt violation. Coach goes ballistic. Do you reverse the call?

First, the coach is communicating to get the call "correct" so, cut him/her some slack. Secondly, fix the error and tell the coach we will draw straws to pick which line to play in the 2nd quarter -then smile. It's just a game.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Ron Giacoma

First, the coach is communicating to get the call "correct" so, cut him/her some slack. Secondly, fix the error and tell the coach we will draw straws to pick which line to play in the 2nd quarter -then smile. It's just a game.

Communicating != "Going ballistic"

Unless you're a coach yourself

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Ron Giacoma

First, the coach is communicating to get the call "correct" so, cut him/her some slack.

I hope you were being sarcastic.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I hope you were being sarcastic.

Seems to be a lot of that going around lately. The "hope," that is.

[amcginthy]

Originally Posted by Ron Giacoma

First, the coach is communicating to get the call "correct" so, cut him/her some slack. Secondly, fix the error and tell the coach we will draw straws to pick which line to play in the 2nd quarter -then smile. It's just a game.

Okay... so being a coach, I have to agree with this - especially if the game is tight - an error could mean the difference in the game. That doesn't mean that you get to act like an a**, but some lattitude should be given - imho

Example - this past Sat we were playing a tight conference game - opponents are in the 1 and 1, and a foul is called on one of my girls... the scorer's table is yelling 1 and 1, and the ref signals 1 and 1 and is heading to the line. I'm yelling to the refs (as politely as I could) that I wanted a verification on the foul - was it a player control foul.. they just kind of looked at me and thought I was complaining about the call.. I continue - finally, I went to the table and asked them to hit the buzzer - it got their attention - I said I need an interpretation - this was a player control foul, no 1 and 1... they agreed, and they nodded and contiued. Now, I was pretty excited, I don't think anything warrented a "T", but I did kind of step on the floor - but as stated above - just to get the attention of the refs... I'm sure they could have called a "T", but I think they handled it the correct way...

[Adam]

There's a difference between "communicating" and doing what this coach did. Tell him you're reversing the original call, but now we have a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by amcginthy

Okay... so being a coach, I have to agree with this - especially if the game is tight - an error could mean the difference in the game. That doesn't mean that you get to act like an a**, but some lattitude should be given - imho

Unsporting behavior is unsporting behavior, coach. There are no mitigating factors.

[bronco]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Unsporting behavior is unsporting behavior, coach. There are no mitigating factors.

If the coach stands up and has a foot on the court while he is getting the official's attention, then by rule wouldn't that be a technical?

But if he is calm, and respectful, and reminds the ref it is 2 FTs, or whatever the case may be on a mistake like that, would you call the technical? I don't think most officials would. If the answer is no, then it definitely is a mitigating factor in not calling the T. Now, if the coach is a jerk, then of course I agree with you.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bronco

If the coach stands up and has a foot on the court while he is getting the official's attention, then by rule wouldn't that be a technical?

Is that unsporting behavior?