Coaches comments

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A very respected HS coach in our area was talking to a fellow ref/friend at a Christmas tourney and my friend asked him to name his pet peeves about officials and he said he only had two. Officials who ignore him and officials making calls out of position. He rarely had any beef with calls as he understands it's not easy.

I guessed the first one as it came up up in a survey several years ago as coaches main concerns regarding officials.

I can certainly empathize with being out of position concern. As officials, we also have a problem with partners possibly guessing on calls as they are straightlined or making calls out of their primary.

Reiterates the philosophy of don't guess, if you missed it, so be it, but don't guess.

I may run my own survey as I bump into coaches in stands taking in a game.