How much flak do you take?

[Mike Burns]

Originally posted by ReadyToRef
How much flak should the ref take? We're gettimg a lot of "That's a foul", "You missed two calls on that one play", "That's a travel", etc.etc.

Try saying, "Coach lets go with a 2/3 defence next trip down the court." or "Time for a 2-1-2 press" or for the inbound, start yelling to the players "LINE - LINE - LINE"

I would never do this in a regular season game, either HS or Rec league, but I would love to. I think the coach would get the message. I will listen to them for a while, then I will usually give the stop sign and tell the coach "That's enough." then next time s/he starts up "WHACK".

Mike