Summer Ball - all this fun and I get paid too?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

1) Yabut....you didn't let this jerk affect the way that you called his game, did you? You know in your own mind that you always gave him a fair game, right? No matter what he thought? You didn't go looking to "T" him up, did you? That was my point, Jeff.

Of course not. But it did affect how I approached him and it did affect what I said or did not say to my partners. Even in once case I did not say anything to two guys I had never worked with up until that point and the coach made very obvious comments to my partner where at half time one of my partners said to me, "This guy really hates you." And I had this coach about 3 more times after that.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

2) You looked for a possible better way to handle future confrontations. Sureashell nuthin' the matter with that. You didn't restrict yourself to "I'm gonna "T" his azz up as soon as he looks at me sideways." There's always different routes to the same destination, but that route shouldn't include looking for confrontation imo. As I said, just deal with what happens.

True, I am just saying that to give a coach a clean slate sound great on paper, but does not work in practice all the time. All I am saying is do not forget when someone is treating you with completely and total disrespect. And you do not have to gun for them to make a point. If any coach is smart they know when they were out of line and that an official might have their number. I am just saying that you might have to talk about it with partners so that there is not something coming out of left field. I want to know when partners have problems with a coach so that "we" can handle the situation differently as a crew.

Peace