Yelling In The Crowd (Another Official)

[btaylor64]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

To me, this largely depends on how bad the behavior was.

Well like i said its in house. If he is acting half as bad as a crazed fan i am going to acknowledge him and tell him (wouldn't do this normally, but i know him AND he's an official) to cut it out. if he persists then i will eject him with no worries or doubts and then i guarantee you we will have it out after the game or in the lockeroom of our game together. After that it will be over and if he wants to continue with it and act unprofessional, i will let him hang himself by acting the same way to another crew and when he does, both crews can take it to the assignor, so you can show it is more than an isolated incident. But i am going to attempt to take care of it privately and it will also give him a blackeye when i eject him.

I think it is healthy sometimes to have it out with your partners and have lively, and even sometimes heated debate, but we as a crew and as an individual cannot and must not let it leak onto the floor.