Verbal Abuse of Coach to Players

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by bard


BTW, in response to another post in this thread, I've agreed with Rut more than once. This just doesn't happen to be one of those times! ;-)

If a player or coach is using language to themselves, to a teammate or under their breath, I am not giving T just because I heard it. Now I might say something if I know it was them or I can pick them out, but I am not giving a T if that is among teammates.

Look, the common sense thing to do is to give a T when it makes the game better. I personally do not understand how a kid saying something under his breath or a coach talking to his kids is going to make the game better. I will give Ts to kids if they say the wrong thing to opponents any day, and not a word of profanity necessarily had to come out of their mouth.

I guess the thing I am not stuck on is profanity. And considering that profanity or what is considered as profane is different from where you live and the community that surrounds it. Some people think if you say, "that pisses me off," you have violated some profanity law.

And you are not going to make the game better if all you worry about is language. Because if you think this world does not have language that these kid are going to here or be exposed to, then I guess you live in a different environment than I do.

I personally have more problems with kids complaining to me every time I call something and being demonstrative about it than what comes out of their mouths.

But there is more than one way to the mountain top, and mine route does not have to match yours.

And as it relates to abusive behavior by a coach, that is there thing. It is not my job to save the world as an official, I will not. I will be the bad guy instead of the coach or administrators that sees much more of the situation than I ever will watching one game.

Peace