Wacked by coach

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

WHACK! Buh-bye

I believe the expression you're looking for is:

Whack! Get out!

[jearef]

I agree 100% with the posters who have suggested that, based upon the facts as you related them, the proper thing to do was to whack him and launch him.

I disagree strongly with the one or two posters who have suggested that your failure to do so was "gutless". A million things run through your mind in that situation, and it's easy for those of us sitting in front of our computers to come up with the correct response. I understand that you would prefer not to "take the game away from the players". With experience, you will come to appreciate that it was the coach, and not the officials, who was guilty of doing so.

Sometimes we can overlook an emotional verbal reaction in a situation such as the one you presented. Physical contact is another animal entirely. You can never, ever allow a coach or player to lay hands on you in anger or disgust. Whack him, toss him, write him up, and move on to your next game.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by jearef

I disagree strongly with the one or two posters who have suggested that your failure to do so was "gutless". A million things run through your mind in that situation, and it's easy for those of us sitting in front of our computers to come up with the correct response. I understand that you would prefer not to "take the game away from the players". With experience, you will come to appreciate that it was the coach, and not the officials, who was guilty of doing so.

Sometimes we can overlook an emotional verbal reaction in a situation such as the one you presented. Physical contact is another animal entirely. You can never, ever allow a coach or player to lay hands on you in anger or disgust. Whack him, toss him, write him up, and move on to your next game.

If it was the first play of the first game or the last game of the playoffs, this coach should have been ejected. To call it gutless is just a way of putting it and obviously a way you don't like.

[jearef]

Originally Posted by tomegun

If it was the first play of the first game or the last game of the playoffs, this coach should have been ejected. To call it gutless is just a way of putting it and obviously a way you don't like.

As I said, I agree 100% that coach needed to go. I just don't like to say "gutless" in this type of situation, mainly because that is such a personal criticism. If an official knows that the right thing to do is toss the coach, and he fails to do so because he is afraid the coach will give him a poor rating and/or may not ask him back, then gutless is the appropriate characterization. I don't see that here. If the official knew how this play should have been called, I doubt that he would have opened himself up for being criticized by posting the play and asking us how it should have been handled. As I said, it may be obvious to us, as veterans, but for an official with less experience, it may not be so clear.