Do you apologize?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mu4scott

Thanks for the responses.

It was the first time I've had to toss a coach in seven years of officiating. The part that makes me feel bad is that I screwed up and while he did over react if I would have gotten the call right he would be coaching again tonight. Instead he sits out his teams game tonight and I'm off to officiate.

Don't beat yourself up over this. I'm willing to bet this wasn't the first call you missed in your 7 years; yet no other coach has lost his composure like this. You weren't the problem here, and you can't kick yourself for not calling the perfect game.

[Ref Daddy]

As an experience ref you know you have certain options to correct a call, as a matter of factyou have a series of choices you can make.

My view is that you were (are) considering a correction but the higher priority of sportsmanship, capacity for human error, respect for basketball and the roles officials play, were overcome by other events mandating calls you must clearly make.

Your options were removed for you.

[mu4scott]

Originally Posted by Ref Daddy

As an experience ref you know you have certain options to correct a call, as a matter of factyou have a series of choices you can make.

My view is that you were (are) considering a correction but the higher priority of sportsmanship, capacity for human error, respect for basketball and the roles officials play, were overcome by other events mandating calls you must clearly make.

Your options were removed for you.

Very well put.

I'm done with it..... on to the state tournament.