It started pre-game

[JRutledge]

This sounds like a football pre-game. I do not think I have heard too many times where a coach before the game is telling us about the actions of the other team.

Interesting to say the least.

Peace

[Adam]

I forgot to add the delicious part of the half time talk.

H coach wanted to know if we could go with 2 refs the rest of the game if it was okay with the V coach; obviously referring to U2 who had warned him to cut the chatter.

As the V coach was saying he'd rather not, R was saying it wasn't an option. I'm looking back wondering if I shouldn't have rung him up for this one.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I forgot to add the delicious part of the half time talk.

H coach wanted to know if we could go with 2 refs the rest of the game if it was okay with the V coach; obviously referring to U2 who had warned him to cut the chatter.

As the V coach was saying he'd rather not, R was saying it wasn't an option. I'm looking back wondering if I shouldn't have rung him up for this one.

Damn was this a football coach?

I have had football coaches ask for wings to switch, because they were not allowed to yell and scream about every play.

No, I would not ring him up for that one; just make sure that any other inappropriate comment was addressed with a T. Now the coach was just being disrespectful and unprofessional.

And what bothers me about this story, is this is an example that if you were to react in any way to that comment, you are considered unprofessional or taking their actions personally. But they are allowed to say anything and do anything and we are expected to just take it. The double standards are just unbelievable.

Peace

[OHBBREF]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And what bothers me about this story, is this is an example that if you were to react in any way to that comment, you are considered unprofessional or taking their actions personally. But they are allowed to say anything and do anything and we are expected to just take it. The double standards are just unbelievable.

Peace

I agree with Rut here, there is a decided double standard in how things are viewed, in this case you would be asked if you are thin skinned, or unprofessional as Rut alluded to but the coach gets Carte blanche.
We have to be above it all.
The best you can do at that point is say coach we are done here and move on. The lines of communication are pretty much closed for the rest of the night too.
Once they play the Knuckle head card it is time to move on.

[Adam]

OHBBREF brings up my next point on this. Once we got to this point at half time, I was really tempted to not even answer any more questions (especially after his question on the PC foul). It sure would have saved me the trouble on the "continuation" play.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

OHBBREF brings up my next point on this. Once we got to this point at half time, I was really tempted to not even answer any more questions (especially after his question on the PC foul). It sure would have saved me the trouble on the "continuation" play.

You should have followed your instincts. Nothing good comes out of extended conversations with coaches.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

You should have followed your instincts. Nothing good comes out of extended conversations with coaches.

I agree, and none of my talks were "extended," I think. My first one (the PC foul) was probably two sentences too long. My second one was nice and short, but I'm thinking it was best avoided altogether.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I forgot to add the delicious part of the half time talk.

H coach wanted to know if we could go with 2 refs the rest of the game if it was okay with the V coach; obviously referring to U2 who had warned him to cut the chatter.

As the V coach was saying he'd rather not, R was saying it wasn't an option. I'm looking back wondering if I shouldn't have rung him up for this one.

You should have asked him if we could proceed with one fewer coach on the home bench for the 2nd half.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

You should have asked him if we could proceed with one fewer coach on the home bench for the 2nd half.

I likely would've asked him that to see his reaction.

[mutantducky]

"there's no continuation in high school basketball"

was that something changed back in the day? I actually had a ref in my first year tell me that. I was like wtf are you talking about? He even was a good ref, albeit we only did a couple of games but it seemed he was on top of things. The strange thing was even though he said that repeatably he didn't follow it.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

"there's no continuation in high school basketball"

was that something changed back in the day? I actually had a ref in my first year tell me that. I was like wtf are you talking about? He even was a good ref, albeit we only did a couple of games but it seemed he was on top of things. The strange thing was even though he said that repeatably he didn't follow it.

Why do people have to use the word "continuation?" Either the shooting motion (which includes more than most officials think) started or it didn't.

[OHBBREF]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

You should have asked him if we could proceed with one fewer coach on the home bench for the 2nd half.

you didn't have to ask that one - it can be arranged!