Coaches

[stir22]

Hi,

The thread about the screaming girl made me think of a situation I have run into a couple of times, but I didn't want to hi-jack that thread.

Two times in my brief (3 year) career as a ref, I have had this happen. During a time-out, a VERY frustrated and angry coach has literally roared at his team. The worst one was a coach who was coaching junior high girls- he called a time out, and when the girls huddled up with him he roared this-"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GIRLS TONIGHT."

He didn't swear, he was in the coaching box (time-out area), and he didn't do anything to demonstrate anger with the refs.

But, the gym had maybe 60-70 people in it, and it was...weird...and tense.

As a ref, is there anything I can do about it? I thought about this: the next opportunity, saying something like,"I know you are frustrated coach, but could you keep it down during timeouts?" But, I didn't, as that one happened in my first year. My partner, who is a veteran said that there is nothing we can do if they don't swear or direct their anger at us.

thank you