"If it were in a HS game. . ."

[williebfree]

It is clear that I am one of the officials who's posts have been cited, "Since it is MS..." I am pleased to be one of the first to respond.

It appears that we both ultimately agree on the objective of MS athletics, but it is evident that we differ on our interpretation of the process. As you stated, "(MS) where the only point is to teach the game and have fun..." I prefer to educate the coach than address the situation with the "T".

You said, "They're there to coach their teams, period." How can they coach their team if they themselves do not understand the rules? Unfortunately, most coaches do not spend the amount of time necessary to understand many of the nuiances of the rules. I feel it is penalizing the players by "T"ing the coach when he is that ignorant.

Maybe the most effective way to "cure" this epidemic is to issue rulebooks and exams to the coaches instead of "T"s.

As I have included in most of my posts, I am fairly "thick-skinned" with coaches. I want to acknowledge that I do see your side of the argument and will reconsider my position on when to "Whack" him.

Well, I see my response was not as prompt as others, but it is evident that this is one of those situations that has two schools of thought.

[Edited by williebfree on Dec 17th, 2002 at 11:49 AM]