The Toughest Calls in Basketball

[Adam]

Originally Posted by lmeadski

I've been told I am way too tolerant with coaches. As a coach, and knowing how they sometimes feel during a game, I let alot go. I will fire up a T for any cursing but have never had to do it as we cover the insta-T in the pre-game. I've only given one T the last 3 years and that was to a player in rec league...nary a one in all the HS and Jr High games. My partners have ripped off quite a few, however...

Had four coaches and two players last year. One JV coach just couldn't control himself after I told him I'd heard enough. One AAU coach, same thing. Another AAU coach screamed an obsenity after a no-call. Last one was an AAU assistant coach stood up and screamed his disapproval with a traveling call.

Players were easy; all JH. One dropped an F-bomb and the other performed the post-foul-call shove on the player that fouled her.

I'm getting it down with more games, and I've found that talking to them keeps the tensions down during the game so they don't get to that point as often as when I was newer.