Official in stands yelling

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by StripesOhio

Thanks for the input guys. We have an association meeting Wednesday and I plan on bringing it up with the secretary. If this guy isn't in attendance I may bring it up for group discussion.

That would be good even if he was there. He has embarrassed you.....

[Adam]

1. Absolutely bring it up at the meeting; you could perhaps ask whether it's acceptable in your association to behave like this clown. You might want to be diplomatic.
2. I'd dump him even faster than a known varsity coach pulling the same sh1t during a JV game.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You might want to be diplomatic.

Yeah, be diplomatic.....I have a "hypothetical situation" I was wondering how you guys would handle it.....

[Adam]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Yeah, be diplomatic.....I have a "hypothetical situation" I was wondering how you guys would handle it.....

Exactly!

[StripesOhio]

I absolutely would be diplomatic. I might even ignore him and ask it in a round-about way.

Such as:

"Say, I'm curious what opinions in this room are of other officials sitting in the stands and be overly vocal."

I don't know that I'd put him directly on the spot. I'll talk to the secretary and let him handle it. Or, I may personally walk up to the guy and just simply say that next time he's at a game I'm doing I'll eject him if he's riding me from the stands.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by StripesOhio

I absolutely would be diplomatic. I might even ignore him and ask it in a round-about way.

Such as:

"Say, I'm curious what opinions in this room are of other officials sitting in the stands and be overly vocal."

I don't know that I'd put him directly on the spot. I'll talk to the secretary and let him handle it. Or, I may personally walk up to the guy and just simply say that next time he's at a game I'm doing I'll eject him if he's riding me from the stands.

That is like baiting a coach telling him one more word and it is a T. It should come as a shock to him not as something he prepares for.

[representing]

You know, after reading some of your responses, I feel lucky. I first started officiating about 6 years ago and this was the same season my sister played on the varsity team as a Freshman. Anytime I was watching games I would be a screamer with my fellow fan-mates. The worse I got was just my fellow officials coming up to me (during meetings or at the bar) and saying "hey, knock it off".

I'm not a screamer anymore, and I still go to my sister's colleges games. If I see something that I disagree with, I keep my mouth shut. I also no longer sit by anyone who I know is a screamer, just so I won't get the influence to scream again. But I will say this much. Looking back, I would've deserved to write a letter, get suspended, or any of the other penalties that has been listed in these replies.

Stripes, if I was in your situation, I would definitely report it to your local association's president, and write a letter to your state's office.

[biggravy]

During the meeting

Originally Posted by StripesOhio

I absolutely would be diplomatic. I might even ignore him and ask it in a round-about way.

Such as:

"Say, I'm curious what opinions in this room are of other officials sitting in the stands and be overly vocal."

After the meeting

Originally Posted by StripesOhio

I may personally walk up to the guy and just simply say that next time he's at a game I'm doing I'll eject him if he's riding me from the stands.

[StripesOhio]

So, had the association meeting last night.

Brought it up with the secretary and he laughed....third time this week he's heard from somebody about this guy. He brought it up in meeting and everybody knew who he was talking about.

This guy was NOT in attendance.

The secretary emphasized being respectful to the brethren of officials. He also said that any action we deemed necessary to correct it is acceptable.

Not the aggressive approach I wanted to hear but a good start. He said he would send an email out about respecting others and such. So we will see how it goes. But for me personally, it's zero tolerance. At least I do have the backing of my association secretary.

[Freddy]

Finally cracking open my Feb. 2010 issue of Referee magazine, I was delighted to see an article on this exact topic on page 65. Could've been written by any of our well-respected, seasoned posters!