Vindictive Coaches

[zebraman]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JRutledge

Do you want officals that have a vested interest in their own careers making these decisions or do you want coaches that have a vested interest in the outcome making those decisions? Seems to me one is not necessarily better than the other.
Peace

No system is perfect. I think most officials would rather take the chance of a peer stab-in-the-back than getting scratched by a coach who is caught up in the emotion of a game(s). Besides, most officials already have a real career and officiating is just a passion. Coaching is often a career. In all my years of compiling official's ratings, I've only seen one obvious instance of peer stabbing. It was addressed and that ref stepped down shortly thereafter.

Z