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JugglingReferee

The_Rookie wrote
Coaches frequently will bag on your partner...say things like "I need 2 of you working tonight", or " why did your partner not make that call, it was right in front of him?"

You get the point..

Question: Do we address these type of comments? What would you say?

Thanks!

I don't say much to these comments, except for the odd "He made an excellent call on that play." If the comment is egregious, then I will warn. I almost always tell my partner about it so that he knows a coach is/how trying to work me/us.

MD Longhorn

Indianaref wrote
General Techniques:

Wow. My goodness. Do you guys work a 5-man crew, 3 guys on the court, and one sitting next to each coach so someone can have conversations with him? 🙂

Almost all of these 1-liners are too long to be said without compromising your ability to officiate the next play.

The advice above all this was better. Ignore statements, and back up your partner - "Coach, I'm not going to listen to complaints about my partner" - or just T it up if it's egregious the first time.

Indianaref

MD Longhorn wrote
Wow. My goodness. Do you guys work a 5-man crew, 3 guys on the court, and one sitting next to each coach so someone can have conversations with him? 🙂

Almost all of these 1-liners are too long to be said without compromising your ability to officiate the next play.

The advice above all this was better. Ignore statements, and back up your partner - "Coach, I'm not going to listen to complaints about my partner" - or just T it up if it's egregious the first time.

My goodness????????? What you recommend in your statement is exactly what's in my guidelines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JRutledge

Sorry, that is what came to mind first.

That being said, I would not respond to statements and let the coach hang himself after that point with some other comment.

I have asked "Are you questioning my integrity" before and usually that stops them in their tracks with that kind of rhetoric and comments.

Peace

MD Longhorn

Indianaref wrote
My goodness????????? What you recommend in your statement is exactly what's in my guidelines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"My goodness" was wrt to the verbosity of several of those conversations with the coach. We don't generally have time for a conversation.

Indianaref

MD Longhorn wrote
"My goodness" was wrt to the verbosity of several of those conversations with the coach. We don't generally have time for a conversation.

None of the statements are long or wordy.

tomegun

My fellow Hoosier, I also think that is a lot to say or even remember. It is always iffy when people suggest what someone else should say to a coach. The best thing to do it communicate using the (brief) language that comes naturally. I have an early season evaluation that proves some coaches will receive whatever you say how they want to anyway. Why bother with a lot of extra?

Raymond

JRutledge wrote
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I have asked "Are you questioning my integrity" before and usually that stops them in their tracks with that kind of rhetoric and comments.

Peace

I've used that a couple times. You can also throw them off their game by asking "Coach, do you have a specific question you need answered?"

MD Longhorn

Indianaref wrote
None of the statements are long or wordy.

Oh. OK. I guess I'm the only one that thought so.

Adam

MD Longhorn wrote
Oh. OK. I guess I'm the only one that thought so.

I thought they were a bit long. Anything longer than six or seven words, for me, needs to be reserved for a conversation that fits into a coach's timeout.