Coach walks off floor....with players

[jd6stop]

Happened to me several years ago. Of course the coach was getting further behind - losing about 12-15 pts. 1st half he never says a word to us. 2nd half things go south for his girls and they start missing shots, turnovers, etc. He is yelling at them - to no avail. Then he turns on us. He calls time and tells us that if we don't start calling better he is going to take his girls and leave. This is a class A to 2A HS tournament. Well he continues the next couple of minutes and he goes into a loud stomping fit and yelling at us about a call... T is accessed and as I report he gathers equipment and girls and goes to locker room. Assistant is sitting there staring at me and I ask, as if I don't already know, "is this a forfeit?" and he says in his hillbilly drawl - "yea yah, wad do ya thank!" and walks off with the team...
We report the forfeit to the table and and game is over, score stands. My check was the same as if they played the whole thing. We got home earlier that night as well.

[Damian]

talk about worse case scenario. At a college camp, had a team that was way out classed. Losing, but not a blow out. Partner called 3 T's on players just after fouls. Coach took team off of court and left. Made us all look bad.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Damian

Coach took team off of court and left. Made us all look bad.

Nope, something like that does NOT make the officials look bad at all.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Nope, something like that does NOT make the officials look bad at all.

I agree. But we all know that the evaluators/observers at this coillege camp probably said things like "How could we have avoided this?" or "You guys need to work on your game management skills"...

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I agree. But we all know that the evaluators/observers at this college camp probably said things like "How could we have avoided this?" or "You guys need to work on your game management skills"...

And sometimes you can have game management skills out your wazoo and it don't make one bit of a difference. Sometimes the coach is just looking for someone- anyone- to blame for his team's losing. And the officials are the handiest.

While evaluating you can maybe use it as a teaching tool, but you got to be a little realistic also.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And sometimes you can have game management skills out your wazoo and it don't make one bit of a difference. Sometimes the coach is just looking for someone- anyone- to blame for his team's losing. And the officials are the handiest.

While evaluating you can maybe use it as a teaching tool, but you got to be a little realistic also.

Agreed...those evaluators gotta find something to say.

[JugglingReferee]

Back when I was green, I was evaluated and the guy told me, when I was reporting by signal "two" [fingers] for two shots, to not hold/touch my reporting elbow with my "other hand". Um, ya right. That's all you got. Certainly there is something else. He did a piss poor job or evaluating. Sometimes they're worthless. Like anything, take it and move on.