Coaches don't know the rules?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by referee99

Coach and fans go crazy. Everyone saw the bat of the ball by B2. Coach wants answers. I tell him I'll explain it later.

Why later? Why not now?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Why later? Why not now?

Maybe the other team was ready to go for their frontcourt possession?

Myself, I will gladly give explanations, but rarely at the expense of slowing the game down. If the other team is RTG, then away we go. . .

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Maybe the other team was ready to go for their frontcourt possession?

Myself, I will gladly give explanations, but rarely at the expense of slowing the game down. If the other team is RTG, then away we go. . .

If you're close enough and there's time enough to tell the coach, "I'll explain later," then you're (generally) close enough and there's time enough to give a brief explanation.

[referee99]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

If you're close enough and there's time enough to tell the coach, "I'll explain later," then you're (generally) close enough and there's time enough to give a brief explanation.

... I would have. I just couldn't formulate succinct language on the spot, in response to his protestations about B2 having clearly batted the ball.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by referee99

... I would have. I just couldn't formulate succinct language on the spot, in response to his protestations about B2 having clearly batted the ball.

My tongue got tied ealier this year, too, explaining a no-call to a varsity coach. I felt like an idiot.

[referee99]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Maybe the other team was ready to go for their frontcourt possession?

Myself, I will gladly give explanations, but rarely at the expense of slowing the game down. If the other team is RTG, then away we go. . .

Partner was near the division line with the ball and it was time to go.

I should have summed it up for the coach like I did for my bretheren at half time, but my thinker couldn't summarize that quickly.

[referee99]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Why later? Why not now?

7th grade rec league game yesterday... defender hits ball off of A1 in Team A's front court, A2 retrieves in the backcourt.

Coach get up hoppin' (look at him go!), but I shut him down with an emphatic (almost like it was rehearsed) "Team Control - Last to touch, First to touch!"

It helps to have that one in the holster.