Coach's bizarre complaint

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by cgb2010

Ok, thanks for the advice. I was instructed when I started with this league to say that because too often the kids were told to foul they ended up being rather violent. I once took a forearm to the face and had a busted lip in one of the late game fouls. While the only foul was the kid being taken out from behind, I probably will refrain from saying this.

We had T'd up the coach for coming out on the court to argue a block/charge early in the game, and had issued an intentional to a player for pushing a player straight in the back on a fast break. It was one of two coaches forced to sit today, the other said a call was f-ing bs quite loudly.

If the foul is too violent, then call an intentional foul or, if severe enough, flagrant (forearms breaking lips might warrant that).

Sounds like they're used to getting away with things. I agree with the others that the proper approach is not to step in to coach the kids yourself, but rather simply to enforce the rules. If the coaches get out of line about it, you have rules to enforce there as well.