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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 12:34pm
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For me, I don't need a coach/captain to ask me to watch anything.

Asking me to "watch for..." implies that it's happening and I'm not calling it.

No thanks.
No reponse at all to that player's statement ?
I'd say something, like "We haven't seen any contact."
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 01:28pm
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No reponse at all to that player's statement ?
I'd say something, like "We haven't seen any contact."
I agree. As long as they are asking in an appropriate manner, they deserve an answer. I've used what Mick said on occasion or more often than not just an "OK" will do.
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 01:57pm
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more often than not just an "OK" will do.
I just say "Ok" and then promptly forget all about it.
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 02:03pm
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Nobody said they didn't deserve an answer.

I'll give an answer but I'm not going to be real concerned with what it is.

Quite honestly, the coach isn't looking for an answer.

I have no problem saying, "There's no such thing."
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 12:38pm
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Asking me to "watch for..." implies that it's happening and I'm not calling it.
You can't see everything and having the team captain, or coach, share their view of what might be missed on the floor seems pretty valid. To say "watch for" is different than having them say "why don't you call...".
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 02:06pm
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You can't see everything and having the team captain, or coach, share their view of what might be missed on the floor seems pretty valid.
So you think it's "pretty valid" for coaches to make statements to you in an attempt to influence your decisions.
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Old Fri Mar 09, 2007, 06:45am
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So you think it's "pretty valid" for coaches to make statements to you in an attempt to influence your decisions.
Proper communication is "pretty valid" - what was described in the OP was proper communication to the officials.
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Old Mon Mar 12, 2007, 12:34pm
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For me, I don't need a coach/captain to ask me to watch anything.

Asking me to "watch for..." implies that it's happening and I'm not calling it.

No thanks.
9 times out of 10 their team is doing the same thing. I can think of a few times when a coach said something like this and moments later his team was called for it.

Hey you said to watch for it!
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 03:38pm
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So, you confused a player with a sincere question.

For me, I try to be more professional and less sophomoric.
Me too.

Answer the kid's question, don't get in a silly sematics discussion wth him.
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 03:53pm
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Agree with Junker; it's okay to acknowledge the concern quickly as long as they're polite about it. They might not have the term right, but they think the other team is getting away with contact. Just say okay and move on; or be like some guys I know who take it personally and call 'OTB' on the team that just complained....
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 06:12pm
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Me too.

Answer the kid's question, don't get in a silly sematics discussion wth him.
OMIGOD!!!! Dan tries to give a professoinal and less sophmoric answer?
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 08:19pm
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Answer the kid's question, don't get in a silly sematics discussion wth him.
That would be fine, Dan, if it were truly the kid's question, but you are well aware that it isn't. It's the coach's message for you in an attempt to get you to call something his way. The kid is just the middleman, and we both know that he could care less what answer you give him because he is only doing what his coach instructed him to do. Why not go directly answer the coach?
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 08:52pm
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I suppose the correct answer might be "the coach's box is for coaching."
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 09:04pm
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That would be fine, Dan, if it were truly the kid's question, but you are well aware that it isn't. It's the coach's message for you in an attempt to get you to call something his way. The kid is just the middleman, and we both know that he could care less what answer you give him because he is only doing what his coach instructed him to do. Why not go directly answer the coach?
Why do I care?

I don't concern myself with every nit or every imagined power struggle as it seems you do. Player asks me to watch for over the back, I'm going to smile and mumble "OK". Coach asks me to watch for over the back I smile and mumble "OK". If either asks again later I tell him I heard him the first time and haven't seen it since. It aint changing the way I call the game. Apparently you need to confront the coach about this for some reason...maybe you watch too much Oprah?

There's enough to keep me busy working the game. I don't get wrapped in perceived psycho-dramas.
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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 09:40pm
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