I won't forget this...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by MJT

I also am a coach and official and agree, but you must be fair to your subs. I continue to coach my subs until the game is over and we will not press, but play tight man to man defense and those players will do their best to score and play good defense. I will be as intense with them by encouraging, pushing, teaching, and chewing on them as I am in the 1st qtr. They deserve that! I think it is terrible when a coach pulls his starters out and sits back and says nothing the rest of the game, as if he is an uninterested spectator. They are doing their best, and as a coach you should never stop teaching.

Agreed, but calling a TO with 1 minute left in a 20 pt blowout for any reason other than putting the subs in? Tacky. As an official, I'll forget about it. As an opposing coach; not so much.

My senior year in baseball we were getting beat pretty bad one game. About the 5th inning, we're down by around 8 runs or so, and the other team is still stealing bases. I didn't even think twice about it, nor did any of my teammates, until their coach gave a half-azz apology to our coach, saying they needed to practice stealing bases. We had a decent team (won conference that year), but had a poor game that night. Personally, I would have rather heard the coach say he didn't feel the lead was safe; or rather he not said anything.

[MJT]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Agreed, but calling a TO with 1 minute left in a 20 pt blowout for any reason other than putting the subs in? Tacky. As an official, I'll forget about it. As an opposing coach; not so much.

My senior year in baseball we were getting beat pretty bad one game. About the 5th inning, we're down by around 8 runs or so, and the other team is still stealing bases. I didn't even think twice about it, nor did any of my teammates, until their coach gave a half-azz apology to our coach, saying they needed to practice stealing bases. We had a decent team (won conference that year), but had a poor game that night. Personally, I would have rather heard the coach say he didn't feel the lead was safe; or rather he not said anything.

I agree. I will not stop coaching them from the bench, but I will not call a TO, call a set play, press, or anything like that either. I just want them to play our style of ball and do so as good as they can.