As long as the coach is being helpful is breaking up the fight/getting his players away, then I have beckoned him. Don't penalize the coach if he's doing the right thing.

Thanks for the correction. I was 99% sure, but I didn't have the rule in front of me, so I hedged my bet with "should".

I agree 100%.

me too.

I agree 113%.

That's fine, as long as you don't use decimal places. :p

I believe he was using metric effort.

As a coach also, I never realized how ignorant most coaches are of the actual rules of the game until I began to officiate.

jer166, we'll be happy to welcome you over from the Dark Side. :)

I'll raise you to 138%

Thankee kindly... :)

The problem is that coaches truly believe that they know the rules. That's why they get so upset. It's because they really are sure that you missed the rule.

I was in a class for teaching the rules to people who wanted to become referees. Lots of former players and coaches in the class. After the first hour of the class, they took a break and I overheard a coach tell the instructor, "Man, I've been a real jerk for the last 6 years."

After just one hour, he realized that he really had NO IDEA of what the rules were. But they're all SURE that they know them better than we do.

Partner had a situation where two players were sent to the locker room, changed and got into another fight out in the hallway outside of the gym. Before it was over the police were called in.

I have been told that when a fight breaks out stand back and take numbers down on who is involved, whether they come off the bench, etc.

If this is the case who stops the fight?:eek:

Not the officials. It's not your job to break it up, and no good can come from getting in between.