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Old Wed Feb 11, 2009, 09:54pm
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You are more tolerant than I am.
That's possible. I'm pretty comfortable with my tolerance level. I give a few T's a season, but I'm not generally looking for them.

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I really mean it when I say something like "That's enough."
I feel like I just got slapped on the wrist or something. For me, "that's enough" does not equal "one more word and it's a T". It's basically a less-than-subtle message to back off. I would rather give the coach a chance to back off than give the T. If he/she decides not to back down, then it'll be clear why they get the T.
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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 04:56pm
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That's possible. I'm pretty comfortable with my tolerance level. I give a few T's a season, but I'm not generally looking for them.
I hope none of us are looking for them.

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I feel like I just got slapped on the wrist or something. For me, "that's enough" does not equal "one more word and it's a T". It's basically a less-than-subtle message to back off. I would rather give the coach a chance to back off than give the T. If he/she decides not to back down, then it'll be clear why they get the T.
I guess for me "That's enough" means just that - enough. Not "That is almost enough, go ahead and repeat yourself one more time but no more!".

I mean, I just GAVE him the chance to back off, didn't I? By saying "Thats enough" rather than just banging him?

I am sure there is more than one "right" answer here, so I don't want to suggest that I am certainly right - but I guess I just don't understand the idea that my job is to try to convince a coach to NOT get himself the T, and provide him more than one opportunity to go back to coaching. I wonder if we don't just encourage the same behavior since they tend to know we don't REALLY mean it when we say "That's enough".

I am relatively new to this (just a few years experience at the JV level), so perhaps as I do this more I will become more tolerant?
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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 06:15pm
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I hope none of us are looking for them.



I guess for me "That's enough" means just that - enough. Not "That is almost enough, go ahead and repeat yourself one more time but no more!".

I mean, I just GAVE him the chance to back off, didn't I? By saying "Thats enough" rather than just banging him?

I am sure there is more than one "right" answer here, so I don't want to suggest that I am certainly right - but I guess I just don't understand the idea that my job is to try to convince a coach to NOT get himself the T, and provide him more than one opportunity to go back to coaching. I wonder if we don't just encourage the same behavior since they tend to know we don't REALLY mean it when we say "That's enough".

I am relatively new to this (just a few years experience at the JV level), so perhaps as I do this more I will become more tolerant?
No, you'll just find more coaches understand what "enough" means. Or you'll find the right thing to say between "that's enough" and whacking him that really does shut him up. Sometimes people do go to the "that's enough" card a bit too quickly, not saying you or anyone else in this thread does.
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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 09:08pm
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a little off topic

I am up to 8 T's this year. A bit on the high side for me.

2 - College - 1 ast coach, 1 player
6 - HS - 1 coach, 5 players - includes a double T last night for 2 players squaring up and mouthing off with chest to chest contact, followed by the classic line "you wanna piece of me?"

A few more games to go...
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Old Sat Feb 14, 2009, 04:57pm
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t for 2 players squaring up and mouthing off with chest to chest contact, followed by the classic line "you wanna piece of me?"
I hope you gave that one for it's being hackneyed and trite. Sheez, kid, get a little creative here!
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Old Sat Feb 14, 2009, 10:19pm
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I hope you gave that one for it's being hackneyed and trite. Sheez, kid, get a little creative here!
Hackneyed AND trite? Whoa.
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Old Sun Feb 15, 2009, 03:29am
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Congrats on your first T

Now you got to toss a coach

Then a fan

Then a whole crowd

I have done all but one, and surprise it is the coach.

P.S. I have thrown a Grandmother out of the gym, a 70+ too.

P.S.S. whole crowd was in softball, and I made them move outside the outfield fence.
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Old Sun Feb 15, 2009, 11:48am
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I have thrown a Grandmother out of the gym.
I hope that she didn't break her hip when she landed.
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