all part of my job?

[williebfree]

I had a situation at a Frosh game where one of the parents of the home team conducted himself in a very disrespectful manner. His conduct warranted that he be dealt with by game mamagement. Unfortunately, "game management" was the 1st year coach on the bench, who was not the assertive-type.

Shortly after the game (when I was able to track down the AD), I brought this issue to the AD. He asked for details about the "adult" and promised to follow-up on the incident. He also gave me this philosophy which has guided my attitude in these situations. He said, "The gym is another classroom. I expect officials (and coaches) to treat it in the same as any other class."

I have used that philosophy as much as possible when dealing with situations like the original post on this thread. Given the fact that this was "game managment" I would approach the next level and describe how unprofessional and damaging his "modeling" behavior was.