Site administrater interference

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by deecee

i dont see the need for the dramatics of being undermined -- do you know what she said? -- I mean please its a MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME -- i have read many posts over the last week about such games - please temper your expectations of these games and stop holding them to the same standards as varsity, let alone High school. That expectation is just not realistic and will only get you pis$ed off and frustrated.

Iow, as far as you're concerned, sportsmanship doesn't apply in middle school games, only at higher levels. Interesting philosophy.......and a stoopid one imo.

[Eastshire]

I don't think that the site admin's actions in this particular case were worthy of action. If it doesn't directly affect the game, I'm not fussing over anyone who talks to any coach unless the coach complains to me about it.

That being said, it is clear that this particular admin has a behavior of inappropriate behavior. Viewed through the prism of past actions, this becomes more troublesome. Personally, I guess that your relationship outside of basketball colored her reaction to you. That and her appearent lust for power.

[deecee]

all i said was that i didnt see what was undermining about what happened. what does this have to do with sportmanship.

from what i read all the ad said was that the coach said rita called him [coach] rude. if he said that to her and she said well i will talk with you or well you are out of line then yes i agree she is an azz -- but from what I read you butted into something maybe you shouldnt have. what if she was asking him if he was thirsty and wanted water?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by deecee

what if she was asking him if he was thirsty and wanted water?

In the middle of a game right after the official has warned the coach about his demeanor/behavior? Yeah right.

That's what game administrators do in your games?

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by deecee

all i said was that i didnt see what was undermining about what happened. what does this have to do with sportmanship.

from what i read all the ad said was that the coach said rita called him [coach] rude. if he said that to her and she said well i will talk with you or well you are out of line then yes i agree she is an azz -- but from what I read you butted into something maybe you shouldnt have. what if she was asking him if he was thirsty and wanted water?

First of all, I'm not sure this was a school game and I'm not sure the site admin was the AD of the school. Second, the site admin, or AD, doesn't need to "keep the visiting coach" happy. She needs to see to it that the game is run in a suitable fashion. If she was so concerned about keeping the visiting coach happy she should have been addressing the table issues. It's clear that she was trying to undercut the ref, and furthermore, that it was personal to this particular ref. That person has no business being a site admin or AD.

Furthermore, Rita did handle it in a manner that kept the coach under control. Thus, the site admin had no business butting in. It wasn't Rita that did the butting. If the coach had gone to the site admin to complain, that would be different, but surely the site admin had better things to worry about than whether the visiting coach got his widdwe feewings huwt.

And of course he wasn't asking about water. Site admin said what the subject was, in so many words. Finally, what did Rita say, "in front of everyone" that was so humiliating to the site admin? I still dont get this. It's clearly not Rita that's got the problem here.