Another T situation

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Oh, and this Jr High coach came up to me after the game (same game where he had told the scorekeeper that this was the best officiated game he had seen all year) and told me "You're the ****tiest ref I have ever seen in all my years of coaching."

"That's impossible, coach."
"Why?"
"The odds are too great to have the ****tiest ref and the ****tiest coach working the same game."

[Nevadaref]

Good WHACK.

I don't care why he threw down his clipboard. It is his unsporting action which is being penalized, not the rationale behind the action.

BTW I would have T'd him for this instead of giving a warning: "He stomps his feet and makes some outlandish gestures at a call from my partner."

You were more than patient. You certainly were not too quick.

[Back In The Saddle]

Couple of thoughts:

1) Don't T what you don't see. You got lucky this time. That kind of luck won't last forever.

2) I wouldn't lose any sleep over the varsity coach's assessment. Coaches have their own little fantasy basketball set of rules about when they deserve to get whacked and when they don't.

3) If you believe them when they tell you you're doing well, you have to believe them when they tell you you're doing terribly. Don't put stock in a coach's assessment.

4) HTBT, but I would have seriously considered whacking the jerk after his final assessment of your game. Or, if it was too late for that, I might have suggested that he get out more

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[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

1) Don't T what you don't see. You got lucky this time. That kind of luck won't last forever.

While generally true, seeing isn't everything. There is a definitely a time and place to penalize what you know happened even though you didn't directly see it, and that has nothing to do with luck.

We need to use our ears and minds too.

[cdaref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

While generally true, seeing isn't everything. There is a definitely a time and place to penalize what you know happened even though you didn't directly see it, and that has nothing to do with luck.

We need to use our ears and minds too.

I'm with Nevada on this.

I dont need to see it rain to know it rained if I wake up and everything is wet. Sure, maybe a firetruck drove by and hosed down my whole neighborhood.

If you know he threw it, even if you didnt see it then ring it up.

Those kind of hotheads have no place in youth sports. I understand basketball is a passionate game, but what happened to sportsmanship? There is nothing wrong -- nothing -- with demanding appropriate conduct from coaches.

And it doesnt matter if he threw it out of frustration with his kids. Its like cussing. It doesnt have to be addressed at the officials.

Good T.