"Working" the men in stripes

[paulis]

I typically ignore most if not all of what coaches who are constantly chipping are saying. And that is something I will always go over with my partner in pre-game. We call our game and you, the players and coaches, make your adjustments.

The other night in a 5th place game of a boys jv tournament, we tried a different tact and this is what happened: Coaches are "working" for everything so we gave them what wanted. Double bonus for both teams by the end of the first quarter, about 30 total fouls by halftime.

Second half starts, no one is touching anyone. 7 total fouls in the second half. I guess the coaches were not happy that they got what they asked for.

I would not do this in a league game or "meaningful" tourney game and it was not fun but I think we made a small point with these two coaches who were "working" us.