Whacked Home Coach.......Probably not deserved.....

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I had a player in a BV game leave the game last night and he was frustrated by his play -- he was venting (quietly enough) on the bench to a coach/teammate and I heard an f-bomb or two. I simply turned and said, "watch your mouth, k?" and left it at that. I didn't make a big deal out of it and I didn't even look in the kid's direction. But I heard the assistant coach address it with the kid.

Bingo!

Didn't I just say that?

As I said, there's different ways to keep the game under control and flowing. If your way works for you, then I'd have a tough time telling you...or anyone else.. that my way is better. But.....if you're still getting the b!tching'n'moaning after you tried your way, then it is time to try something different imo.

You can't control a game by following a list made up by someone and then handed out to you (BillyMac just went ........ ). You control a game according to what you feel is the best and most appropriate action to use to fit the situation you are facing. And what may have worked in one game doesn't mean it will work in another. Sometime you use the carrot. Sometimes you use the stick. And sometimes you use the carrot and then you have to stick it.

I think that most good, experienced officials already know that.

JMO