Why we avoid conflicts of interest

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

True about warnings. My statement was more in general about "the tape". Even though I do have at least one supervisor who prefers we give a warning when possible.

I really don't mind giving warnings, but I prefer doing it quietly if possible. Odds are better that the behavior will stop without a T that way. OTOH, I do understand your point about the tape, I hadn't really thought about it in terms of the battle between the assigner/supervisor and the AD.

I disagree that a public warning isn't showing up a coach. I think sometimes it needs to be done that way, and sometimes it doesn't. The fact is come coaches need to be shown up, and that's what they're doing to us anyway so I'm not all that sympathetic in those situations.

But when we're doing the post-mortem and figuring out how we might have walked a coach away from the ledge, I think it's worth considering whether a public reprimand (stop sign or loud warning that the Sunday School teacher in the concession stand can hear clearly) might have inflamed things. Like all "tools," it won't work in all situations. Maybe my problem is I haven't used the stop-sign in the right situations (except once when I used it with a player who was whining.)