coach addressing ref by first name

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You'll find that many of us prefer when coaches use their first name and will always use theirs, too. Others feel differently.

For HS games put me in the "differently" category. The reason being that none of the coaches know me personally. I was brought to this community by the military, I didn't grow up here, didn't attend school with any of the coaches, and none served in the military with me.

There is only one coach who I wouldn't mind calling me by my first name and that's because when he sees me away from games he greets me by my first name and he engages me in cordial conversation. No other coach around here does that.