Coach not knowing the rule.

[stiffler3492]

Originally Posted by Freddy

No.

Besides, it's up to girls' JV coaches not to know rules like that. It's their responsibility. That's why they're girls' JV coaches. Or boys' JV coaches, for that matter.

Funny you mention that. I had a girls JV coach insist to me tonight that a defender must be set to take a charge.

[Kelvin green]

You mean I ve been wrong all this time I thought they had to be set too...

But in all reality I heard my partner in a GV game tell a coach that the reason he called a block was that his player was moving backwards... Unbelievable..

From a NBA official I know... Assume the play is legal and then make the defense prove why it wasnt.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Funny you mention that. I had a girls JV coach insist to me tonight that a defender must be set to take a charge.

Plenty of varsity coaches (and ALL the fans) will back him up on this one.

[InsideTheStripe]

I made this mistake once...

I was working my first ever V wrestling meet and had to call flagrant misconduct (DQ with a big penalty) on a wrestler. The coach was disputing the deduction of team points at the table saying, "I want to see that in the book". My response was along the lines of... "I'll be happy to show you in the locker room after the meet is over, but we're not stopping the meet for something as basic as this".

After the dual, I spent 45 minutes in the locker room with him pointing to rules. Then spent another 30 minutes on the phone at home later that day repeating myself.

NEVER AGAIN.

[Loudwhistle2]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Plenty of varsity coaches (and ALL the fans) will back him up on this one.

AMEN to that!