Officials and Development

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by TheOracle

The higher the level, the smarter the coach. New officials are usually working the lower level games.

Agree completely up to this point. The rest of the stuff is what you have learned about how you (and your supervisors) like to deal with bad behavior. Let the new guys find this out for themselves without clogging their thinking about what they should or should not be doing to quietly address bad behavior. I say if you're a relatively new guy dealing with relatively new coaches/players then T early and T often until you learn how to deal with it a little more smoothly.

btw I agree with Jeff's post, I've found it pretty effective to pick up the whistle and quietly stare at my target if he's just hovering on the edge. But the target has to know what's coming next for this to work.

To the OP, sounds like both Ts were good. Betchya next time this coach sees you he'll think twice before getting too excited.