Coach's surprising comment

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Rufus

I've never coached basketball but did for baseball. One of the repeated messages to the team was to control what you are able to and forget the rest. Officials are not in your control so stop worrying about/concentrating on their supposed mistakes.

When I was on the dark side (BJV) and I had one of my players complain about the officiating, I'd ask how many bad calls the player thought were made up to the point of his complaining. Then I would ask how many turnovers we had. I'd tell him if he didn't know. Then I'd mention that when the number of bad calls were more than the number of actual turnovers, I'd listen to his complaint. Never had to.