"You can't coach"

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by j51969

When I first started officiating I had a veteran official tell me to treat most coaches like I would one of my kids.

Does this mean that you don't wear beltless pants?

[j51969]

beltless for just that reason. I've only had to put one coach over my knee

[j51969]

And I think she like it!

[mplagrow]

There are coaches that don't know what the heck they are doing and don't know when to quit. There are similar officials. I've encountered more rude coaches than refs in my career, but that doesn't mean I haven't seen any. And as others have pointed out, there is indeed a dichotomy. For example, if someone had posted that "A coach said that a ref called the worst game ever," none of us would bat an eyelash. But when it's reversed, it's headline news.

[Huntin' Ref]

For conversation sake.......why is it the officials job to make sure good "game management" takes place? Seems to me, almost all bad "game management" scenerios happen because a coach acts like an a$$.

I love how a coach will ride an official, make personal statements, and then complain about getting T'd, stared at, or stop-signed (which I don't do).