Coach goes after visiting coach

[texaspaul]

Stupid as it may sound, a 6th grade boys game. I was calling the game alone, waiting for my co-official to show. During the first quarter, the home team is up 25-0. Into the second quarter the home team is still full court pressing. It's 35-0 and very few fouls. My arms are about to fall off, from the closely guarded counts. Home team secures a rebound and the coach calls for time. As I blow the whistle and point to the home team for the time. He doesn't look at me, but heads to the visitors bench and at a quick pace. After the AD stepped in between the two coaches and diffused the situation, I found out what happened. Evidently the visiting coach said something about the full court press with him being down 35. Home coach didn't like it.

I thought about the incident on the way home tonite. I didn't know what was going on, until it was over. I wondered if my doing nothing was the proper thing. Game management did their thing. I guess I could have stuck the home coach for leaving the bench area. Maybe letting the AD handle it was the best thing.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by texaspaul

Game management did their thing. I guess I could have stuck the home coach for leaving the bench area. Maybe letting the AD handle it was the best thing.

First, that's a quality AD. Thank goodness.

Secondly, I'd have stuck the home coach in a heartbeat. He's the one pressing while up 35-0 in a 6th grade game. It doesn't excuse the V coach saying something to him, but the fact that he went down to physically confront the V coach called for a T at minimum, and perhaps a flagrant T depending on what happened.

All IMO, of course.

[26 Year Gap]

The AD had your back. Your partner did not. If he ever did show, I'd have made him sign over the check.

And it was 4 o'clock in England--tea time.