"I'll show these coaches who's boss!"

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by MelbRef

"I'll show these coaches who's boss!"

In my past life as a basketball coach, I overheard an official tell the table this just prior to the game. And he did - I was given my first ever technical foul, standing outside the coaching box talking to one of my players.

This official was down court (lead), so I asked the nearby official what the technical was for (I thought it was on one of my players). The nearby official shrugged and said that he didn't know. When I asked the calling official what the "T" was for (still a little confused), he walked toward me threatening another "T". Wow.

By the way, in 8 years of coaching that was my only "T".

Being an ex-coach sometimes give you some perspective on what you like and don't like when working with officials.

I liked officials who were professional and approachable.

Still another case of the COACHES VS. OFFICIALS scenario. Many referees, I mean officials (sorry, learned this in another thread ) have this adversarial relationship with coaches -- ESPECIALLY based on the pre-game discussion with the table in this case.

An official is not required to explain ANY call, much less a technical foul, BUT, the top officials do. They don't need to get into a discussion with a coach, just a short description will suffice. "Coach, you were four feet out of your box after we had warned you about your location, earlier." Then move on. No need for a discussion or debate.

While neither a wave nor a warning is REQUIRED before giving a coach a technical foul for being out of the box, the crews that I work on prefer this approach. One coach blatantly coaching (much less yelling at an official) outside the coaching box can provide a coaching advantage. In some cases, it is done with intent. In most cases, it is done accidentally as the coaches get into the game. A simple wave usually does the trick -- if your objective is to prevent issues BEFORE you have to stop play. If the problem continues, it needs to be addressed, but these cases will be very rare.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

Still another case of the COACHES VS. OFFICIALS scenario. Many referees, I mean officials (sorry, learned this in another thread ) have this adversarial relationship with coaches -- ESPECIALLY based on the pre-game discussion with the table in this case.

An official is not required to explain ANY call, much less a technical foul, BUT, the top officials do. They don't need to get into a discussion with a coach, just a short description will suffice.

Not across the board. I had a D1 Final Four official tell me and a room full of people that you should never explain Ts as a non-calling official. And it was not your job as that non-calling official to calm down a coach. Now apparently that works for him, I know officials that have no problem saying something to a coach. But when you stick them, if you want to give the next one go over and try to explain something to them.

Coaches are not stupid, they know why they are getting Ts most of the time. I have never seen a coach that did not seem to understand what they did or understand what not to do to get the next one. Somehow they get quiet and behave.

Peace