first T of the year

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Sometimes NOT responding to comments like the ones in the OP will cause things to get worse, not better. On a play like that, I think PA Coach was right in responding with what he saw and why it wasn't a travel. Without being there, I think the Varsity coach was seeing what exactly PA Coach was made of - he pushed the limits on purpose to see what kind of official he was dealing with. He got his answer. Now when PA Coach does this guy's Varsity games later in the season, he will know what to expect. A coach who has won over 600 HS games knows exactly what he's doing in situations like that one.

I agree with everything here, except for the idea that officials should be responding to anything an ASSt. coach says. I'm going to ignore it until such a coach is becoming a nuisance, when I'm going to ask the head coach whether he or she has a question, and then ask him or her to get the bench personnel under control.