Starting OT with 2 shots and the ball

[refaz]

Okay - I guess you're way of handling the tight game was perfect. You started overtime with a technical.

You said exactly the right thing and shouldn't have to listen to other ideas.

If I could pat you on the back through the internet, I would.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by refaz

Okay - I guess you're way of handling the tight game was perfect. You started overtime with a technical.

You said exactly the right thing and shouldn't have to listen to other ideas.

If I could pat you on the back through the internet, I would.

Nice sarcasm.

You said exactly the right thing and shouldn't have to listen to other ideas.

[SWMOzebra]

Coach deserved this T no matter how you slice it. I've noticed a trend, at least locally: coaches will say something that seems totally innocent, but in the same unbelievably condescending tone of voice that my pre-teen sometimes uses...and then have the nerve to ask how you could give them a T for saying that?

Huh...coaches acting like kids. Maybe in retrospect, it's not such a new trend.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by SWMOzebra

Coach deserved this T no matter how you slice it. I've noticed a trend, at least locally: coaches will say something that seems totally innocent, but in the same unbelievably condescending tone of voice that my pre-teen sometimes uses...and then have the nerve to ask how you could give them a T for saying that?

Sounds kind of like a T I gave at this same tourney on Saturday. Boys Varsity. I was working with a couple of pretty new V officials. Partner made a call that coach didn't like. I was C, all the way across the floor from the bench of the coach who's team had just been assessed a foul. As my partner was reporting, Coach threw a roll of athletic tape at his gym bag which was on the floor between his bench and the table. Tape bounced off and rolled out on the floor a little way. I waited a second to see if my partner was going to do anything about it, I assessed the T. As I went to report, coach was just flabbergasted that I had assessed it. He said, "I threw it at my bag, it just happened to bounce out on the floor." I said, "That's exactly right Ed, You THREW IT." He would have gotten the T even if it had landed and stayed in his bag. His team ended up losing by 2, after leading but as much as 14 in the 3rd quarter. Their star player fouled out on a PC foul with about 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. After the game, I ran into him in the cafeteria, and he said we did a nice job, but that he still didn't think he deserved the technical.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

After the game, I ran into him in the cafeteria, and he said we did a nice job, but that he still didn't think he deserved the technical.
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Not bad. A compliment, and a polite complaint, from losing coach, who lost by two points, possibly the two points that resulted from the technical foul, outside the dressing room, or locker room. This could have ended up a lot more ugly.

[ace]

Every coach is different, every player is different, everyone is different - you'll never be able to handle two coaches or players the same way. One coach might respond and whip his assistant into place, this coach - decided to jump on the band wagon.

an official much wiser than told me this once.

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

After the game, I ran into him in the cafeteria, and he said we did a nice job, but that he still didn't think he deserved the technical.

Is this one of those Dan_Ref's "yeah yeah yeah go f@ck yourself" moments?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by refaz

Okay - I guess you're way of handling the tight game was perfect. You started overtime with a technical.

You said exactly the right thing and shouldn't have to listen to other ideas.

If I could pat you on the back through the internet, I would.

First of all, it wasn't my game. So yes, my handling of that game was perfect, flawless, an inspiration to all aspiring officials.

Second of all, I did listen to your ideas. I considered them. And then I disagreed with them. I'm sorry if that hurt your feelings.

If I could give you a big hug through the internet, I would.

[refaz]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

First of all, it wasn't my game. So yes, my handling of that game was perfect, flawless, an inspiration to all aspiring officials.

Second of all, I did listen to your ideas. I considered them. And then I disagreed with them. I'm sorry if that hurt your feelings.

If I could give you a big hug through the internet, I would.

Haha. Well put and fair enough. No feelings hurt here.

As my post says, I agree with the technical. I just try to avoid language that threatens a technical in an unltimatum way. When I can let a coach have the last word, I try to. When I can't, I act accordingly. (If the coach said that to me or a partner, It's likely to be the same outcome with me.)