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I am dumbstruck with the mindset of a coach who thinks s/he is going to improve the official's performance by publicly berating him/her. Common sense would imply you can only make the situation worse by this behavior.
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I have officiated and know how all of this works. I used to officiate with some guys who instead of taking care of the coach would look for fouls on the stud player or the only guard on the team just to make a point. I did not like it then and I do not think most of you all would either. |
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I think refs are handy and lots of people have no self control. Kinda of like my new puppy. He thinks he can do what he wants when he wants. My 3 older dogs and myself are there to let him know what the deal is. I've long ago gotten over people behaving badly so coaches acting up doesn't upset me as much as seeing refs just take the abuse. About a year and a half into this gig I knew one of two things were gonna happen. one, I quit or two I learn how to deal with the coaches. Through blind luck I stumbled onto this forum and chose to take care of business. I learned how to deal with coaches and I do. The fact that I'm willing to give T's make ALOT of my partners uncomfortable. If I had a dollar for every time I heard "we don't want to be looking for T's." well I'd have more money then I do. I don't have to look far for T's, thats for sure. I'm less concerned with the coaches then I am with refs who just let themselves be bullied in gyms nationwide. I also realize I have the advantage of working in a large ASSOC., 120 schools, so I don't have to worry about being "blacklisted" and losing games.I also work for an assignor who believes we let WAY TOO MUCH go from the coaches. He has always had my back..... RANT OFF
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As I mentioned in my original response, I am not "calling you out." In fact, I have cause to believe you do an admirable job as a coach and official. I just wanted to identifying a group of "coaches" who insist on making a scene and you offered the context (in one instance) that applied to mindset I wanted to discuss. Additionally, I, too, am embarrassed for the the avocation of officiating when people put on the stripes and make a mockery of the position. Unethical behavior such as you described above seriously frustrates me and all others who genuinely officiate for the love of the game and the positive values it can promote.
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I am also glad to see you recognize that there are significant factors that weigh-in on an official's on court decisions. Sadly, in WI, the coaches submit their ratings of officials. I have observed coaches enter "Awful," "Sucks" etc... by the Officials name in their score book before it leaves the table. Needless to say, I am NOT a proponent of our state Association's evaluation "System."
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Know that I took nothing to offense. There are many times my coaching counterparts go well beyond the line. The bad thing is that they are not dealt with. It tells the coaches their behavior is ok and will be tolerated. I have put more effort in to coaching my kids than acting like a jack@$$. In fact, the association that handles our games have problems recruiting and maintaining officials. I think the abuse they continue to take has alot to do with it.
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I'm not for 2 reasons. 1. Geography 2. If I had to ref under those circumstances my schedule might be severly cut. Didn't we have someone around here who said he sits home 4 nights a week while the "coach pleasers" work 5 nights a week. I am more then willing to stop reffing if it becomes not so much fun. Don't get me wrong, I love the atmosphere, the continuing quest for improvement and perfection, getting out of the house a couple nights a week, BUT its a hobby and I take it year by year, and the money I make basically pays for road trips to see people like Nevadaref officiate ![]()
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There's a local conference I do not work (that I would like to work) and it's because I gave an USC flag (in football) to the league's prima donna head coach -- and his athletic director was and is too much of a puppet to do what's right. My only regret is that I didn't eject the coach, cause he sure had it coming. But I didn't avoid it because of ratings or a desire to work the conference, I was just stunned that someone could act so badly on a field and I missed my opportunity to send the right message. BTW, this coach has rated me every year since then even though he has never seen me work since, which is against policy. Again, the athletic director made excuses for him rather than take care of the problem. So just take care of business and work the other schools. |
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I'm probably a little tired due to the end of season and whatnot but that is really disappointing to me that people like the coach get away with crap like that. Talk about small and petty. ![]() The whole friggin world seems to be running out of people who do the right thing. I'll have to find a website of "doing the right thing" people to restore my faith in humanity. ![]()
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From a coach's perspective? I believe this is a bit more accurate.
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