When coaches run things

[refguy]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

It's almost as if you could figure some things out, except for the part where you can't.

I work for an assignor who is very similar to the one described in the OP. This assignor accepts calls from coaches within minutes of the conclusion of a game, and then calls the officials shortly after - many times before we are even out of the parking lot. This assignor allows coaches to complain about things and then reschedule games to pacify the complaining coach. It is ridiculous, and has caused many of us to reconsider officiating at one time or another.

Assignors I work for have a policy of not accepting any coach calls until the day after a game. The coach gets a cooling off period and then can make a better determination if a call is warranted. If they still call, the 1st question the supervisor will ask is, "Did you watch the tape?" If the answer is no, click. We feel good about working for those who back us.
A while back I worked for a high school association which had a policy that allowed a school principal to buy officials off a game - the coach had not the authority to do so. IOW, the official scheduled for the game would be paid a full game fee by the school in question not to do the game. Of course the assignor would then switch that official to another site and he would get paid for that game plus the one he didn't do. Our assignor would then look at the rest of the schedule and if that official was not scheduled for that school anymore that season, he would schedule him there at least one or two more times. That way he would test the coach to see if it was a temporary thing. If they wanted to continue to pay the official for not working, great!!
There was a running joke amongst us to see who could get a coach to buy him off so we could get paid for 2 to work one.
Again, we felt good about working for those who back us.