Coach Issues

[Ignats75]

Only one way to handle the in game incident. "Coach, get control of your bench" at minimum or an immediate T on bench personnel which is an indirect on the HC. I never speak to or allow a AC to have a conversation with me about a call. ANY complaint about a call from a AC warrants ONE warning and then a WHACK. Stops alot of problems.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

Only one way to handle the in game incident. "Coach, get control of your bench" at minimum or an immediate T on bench personnel which is an indirect on the HC. I never speak to or allow a AC to have a conversation with me about a call. ANY complaint about a call from a AC warrants ONE warning and then a WHACK. Stops alot of problems.

This sounds like an absolute and many veterans (Rut) rightfully talk about not having absolutes. However, if you want to have an absolute either way (always talking to an assistant or never talking to an assistant), I think you've chosen the correct absolute.

[Ignats75]

Its a close to an abbsolute as I do have. But, we all have absolutes. I defy anyone one here to say that they wouldn't ever give a T to a player that dropped an N-Bomb on an opponent. Or called an official a sonuvabeech. We all have absolutes. Its just where you draw the line

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

Its a close to an abbsolute as I do have. But, we all have absolutes. I defy anyone one here to say that they wouldn't ever give a T to a player that dropped an N-Bomb on an opponent. Or called an official a sonuvabeech. We all have absolutes. Its just where you draw the line

I don't think I have any word that is an absolute ("automatic"). To call it such, you paint yourself into a corner where no matter what the circumstances, you have to call it.

In the area I work now, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be an occasion where an Nbomb between opponents would go without a whistle. But, there may be half a dozen African American players in this valley that I'm aware of.

Even if the area was more "diverse", I highly doubt I'd hear it in anything but an unsporting context. I just don't think it deserves the moniker "absolute" or "automatic." The more I think, the more I can foresee some odd circumstances in which I might not call it.

As for your second example, it could depend on the way it was said and the atmosphere in which it was said. I'm 99% sure I'd call it, but I'm just not sure.

Now, if you want to get more specific with these scenarios, you could probably come up with something I wouldn't feel the need to leave wiggle room on. But about the time you get specific enough to draw an approval for the term "automatic," you get too narrow to make the term mean anything.