Doing rec ball last night. One of the teams in one game included a group of coaches from a local high school. I have a call against them (out of bounds play or something equally crucial) and this one guy yells "Bull#@%*". He gets his T and then asks if I do varsity ball. When I answered that yes, I do, he hesitated for a second (apparantly trying to summon up enough intelligence to shut up) but blurted out that he hoped that I did not get his games as he would want officials with more maturity doing his games. Can't wait for next season!

You should have told him you want coaches with more maturity than he was showing.

But then again, it is hard to have a battle of wit with a coach...only one intelligent person in the battle (and you would sound silly popping off to yourself).

paulis
We "cannot deal with ignorance".
mick

Had something similar happen to me and right after the game I called the assignor and asked if it was at all possible if he could send me to that school for the opening game of the next season.

The stupid comment in my case came from a player--who happened to be the captain of his team. When My partner brought him to the center of the court for the captain's meeting I stuck out my hand, with a big smile on my face and said, "hi, do you remember me?" He got that "Oh, $hit" look on his face and was as polite and helpful as he could be for the whole game. I would try to get into that team's games to show the coach that we keep coming around.

A good answer would have been, "Yes, and it's a technical there, too."

But then again, it is hard to have a battle of wit with a coach...only one intelligent person in the battle (and you would sound silly popping off to yourself).

Or another analogy....Arguing with an ignorant coach is like mud wrestling a pig...you both get dirty and the pig loves it!