Whistle for a sub?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

+1

Terrible advice. Nothing positive ever comes out of wiseazz responses.

Am I the only one that noticed the extreme irony in this response?

As a general rule, I would agree wiseazz responses, and perhaps profanity, should definitely be avoided. However, a lot depends on the specific official, and the "audience". There are a few officials that can get away with those types of responses, in limited situations. I actually heard an "old-timer" in our area reply to a coach's (somewhat dumb) question: "What the f*ck are you talking about?" I could tell from the look on the coach's face that he realized he asked a dumb question, walked away, and nothing was said after that. There's no way I could ever get away with saying that, but that's not my personality.

I think everyone here knows Mark Padgett's sense of humor - I'm sure he really does use a number of those lines during some of his games. But he also knows his audience, and I'm sure his audience knows him well enough to expect it. But I couldn't get away with saying any of thoses things in a "normal" high school or college game.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

As a general rule, I would agree wiseazz responses, and perhaps profanity, should definitely be avoided. However, a lot depends on the specific official, and the "audience". There are a few officials that can get away with those types of responses, in limited situations.

In my experience, the "audience" might change on you too though. You might think that you have a great rapport with a coach and you can get away with some comments, but you might also catch him at the wrong time. If so, your great rapport is gonna go right down the dumper.

Imo, you should limit your wiseazz comments to coaches to pre and post game situations.

Of course, I also gotta admit that I've failed to follow my own advice in the past also.