Ejected coaches must take test!

[grunewar]

While I haven't reffed nearly as long as some folks here who have stated they've been doing it for 20 and/or 30 yrs, I'm just curious, how many coaches have you, your partner, or those in your Association ejected?

I've never ejected a coach, seen one ejected, or even heard of it? Big problem? Small problem? Larger issue for different parts of the country?

Just curious.
Thanks

[biz]

I've never had to eject a coach from a high school game, but I've ejected two coaches from youth leagues that I ref. One was an 8th grade travel team coach and the other was 6th grade. 2 in just about 10 years of officiating is pretty low I think, but I'd be interested to hear from others.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by grunewar

While I haven't reffed nearly as long as some folks here who have stated they've been doing it for 20 and/or 30 yrs, I'm just curious, how many coaches have you, your partner, or those in your Association ejected?

I've never ejected a coach, seen one ejected, or even heard of it? Big problem? Small problem? Larger issue for different parts of the country?

Just curious.
Thanks

I've ejected 2 HS coaches in 8 seasons of officiating. First time I gave the coach both T's back-to-back. Second occurrence the coach had received a T early in the game from one of my partners and I had to stick him in the last minute of the game.

Over the last few years I think my HS association averages maybe 2-3 ejections a season. The $500 fine is a great deterrent.

[SAK]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I've ejected 2 HS coaches in 8 seasons of officiating. First time I gave the coach both T's back-to-back. Second occurrence the coach had received a T early in the game from one of my partners and I had to stick him in the last minute of the game.

Over the last few years I think my HS association averages maybe 2-3 ejections a season. The $500 fine is a great deterrent.

I can see how this fine would be a great deturrent. I think that more areas should institue it. I know that in PA, an ejected coach or player is required to sit out the remainder of the current contest as well as one more. I think that is it. I would like to see the PIAA adopt something similar to this with a stiff fine and/or sportsmanship test (preferably with a class)

[SAK]

Coaches are not ejected beacuse they are ignorant of rules. They are ejected for being a pain in the *** and, in the majority of cases, not knowing what they are talking about on top of that (although, don't tell them that because they think that they do know the rules.)