Stop Sign

[dan74]

Originally Posted by OklahomaRef

I have officiated and was starting to have some success. I understand the officials point of view, believe me. When I first started, a lot of older guys told me not to "put up with crap" from coaches. I had a lot harder time when I had this attitude. When I would allow a coach to say his piece, and then move on, the game would flow a lot smoother. It seems to me that some officials feel like a coach has absolutely no right to even speak to an official. In the situation I was talking about, the official gave the stop sign immediately. How could he have had enough (which is what the stop sign means, correct?) when the game just started. I'm not saying he was right or wrong. If he wanted to set this tone for the game then he was right. I was just saying there may have been a different way to handle the situation.

Hmm..."have officiated" and "was?" Not trying to wade too far into the are you an official or not debate, but, hmmm...also, "I understand the officials point of view," hmm. Interesting use of past tense and "understand" almost seems as though you're an abserver rather than participater...Hmm. Anyway, not that it matters.

As of today, I'm about 75 games into my first season officiating. When I first started, I "had a lot harder time" when I gave some coaches too much latitude to say their piece. The thing is, the pieces kept coming and coming. I have now adopted the philosophy that I won't put "up with crap" from coaches. As long as they say their piece here and there, fine, but it's when the pieces add up to a whole pie (apple, that is), that's when I will no longer put up "with the crap."

When you state, OR, how could he have had enough, I might be wrong, but wasn't it at the end of the 1st? Had the coach said "his piece," and said his "piece" again and again in the 1st quarter? If so, then maybe the pieces added up to a whole pie (cherry, this time) and the official no longer could "put up with his crap."