I hope I never have a night like this again...

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by kwv001

The game had been pretty decent in the first half, although the YYYY coach was complaining about nearly everything that didn’t go his way. Nothing though that crossed the line and merited action.

Sometimes there's nothing you can do, but I wonder if dealing with this earlier (not a T, but at least an informal "warning") might have helped?

[kwv001]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Sometimes there's nothing you can do, but I wonder if dealing with this earlier (not a T, but at least an informal "warning") might have helped?

I agree, and I think that is the one thing I take away from this. I had a couple of times earlier casually said something as I passed by the bench. In hindsight we didn't do nearly enough. Having said that, to tref's point I don't think that would have avoided it; it would only have accelerated it.

Beginning tonight, I will be much more diligent about delivering a more direct warning at the first sign of inappropriate behavior.

[tref]

Originally Posted by kwv001

Beginning tonight, I will be much more diligent about delivering a more direct warning at the first sign of inappropriate behavior.

Love it!

[Camron Rust]

Sounds a lot like my game last night.....

Only called 1 T but could have easily had 3-4 more (all on one team)....it just didn't seem like it was going to make the game better and we just wanted to get done and get out. One team just had no skill and was in capable of playing decent defense.

I wasn't assigned the game. At 5:30, a buddy called me and told me he and his 3 kids were all sick and wanted to know if I could cover for him.....college JV game. I tell him to stay home and I'll cover him. So, I drop by my house, get my gear, grab a sandwich, shave, and make it to the gym in plenty of time.

Game was just ugly from start to finish. With about 10 seconds left in the game...really just trying to get the clock to run out, I hear the coach say to something about why we were doing JV games. Yeah, worth a T and his behavior wasn't much better throughout the game. Funny thing is, it was the only JV game I had all year....as a fill in.

[Toren]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Sounds a lot like my game last night.....

Only called 1 T but could have easily had 3-4 more (all on one team)....it just didn't seem like it was going to make the game better and we just wanted to get done and get out. One team just had no skill and was in capable of playing decent defense.

I wasn't assigned the game. At 5:30, a buddy called me and told me he and his 3 kids were all sick and wanted to know if I could cover for him.....college JV game. I tell him to stay home and I'll cover him. So, I drop by my house, get my gear, grab a sandwich, shave, and make it to the gym in plenty of time.

Game was just ugly from start to finish. With about 10 seconds left in the game...really just trying to get the clock to run out, I hear the coach say to something about why we were doing JV games. Yeah, worth a T and his behavior wasn't much better throughout the game. Funny thing is, it was the only JV game I had all year....as a fill in.

I suggest you shave then get a sandwich in the future

[tref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

With about 10 seconds left in the game...really just trying to get the clock to run out, I hear the coach say to something about why we were doing JV games.

*hand over mouth* And you're coaching JV because?

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Sometimes there's nothing you can do, but I wonder if dealing with this earlier (not a T, but at least an informal "warning") might have helped?

That's what I was thinking. We've all had nights where we've let a coach chew on our ear a little too much. Maybe if he gets warned/banged in the first half, the stuff in the second half doesn't happen. Then again, maybe it does. Who knows?

I'm in this 20+ years and last season I had a game which went out of control without warning. It's a rivalry game in the town where it took place but the home team truly wasn't in the class of the visitor (which was #15 in the state at the time).

The game is 40-10 V at halftime and we haven't heard a word from either team. In the 3rd quarter the home team begins complaining about 3 seconds...a lot. I eventually give H's head coach a warning, at which point he mentions a warning/T I'd called on him ten days earlier (btw - I'd told my partner about the previous game in our pre-game and said if there was a need for a T on the H head coach he - my partner - should do it unless I had no choice).

Long story short, we eventually had to eject one of H's assistants and H's head coach and called Ts on two of his players. All that in a game where nothing was happening the first 16 minutes. Sometimes that's life.