Easiest Toss I've Ever Had

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Originally Posted by icallfouls

You have assumed that this particular coach doesn't know the rule upon receiving a TF. It is not your job to educate. Coaches are supposed to have some sort of rules knowledge. It helps them when they cry for 3 seconds, traveling and all the other stuff they ask for? They know. They have seen and they have heard about it from other coaches, fans, athletic directors, and others. If you are going to educate during the game it is going to be a long night for everyone.

The point was that you are not required to tell a coach they no longer have use of the coaches box. You took upon yourself to interject yourself into partners crap. Let them live with it. You can always inform the coach after the FT's, the subsequent inbound play, or at some other point in the game. If you think it is your job to educate and inform them of their new conditions you also needed to state that there are still times when they can get up: to request TO's, spontaneously react to a good play, replace a DQ'd player, etc. Now that would have been some educating.

Do the coach, the game and your partner a favor by staying away from the coach for a few moments. Delaying these instructions does not harm the game, your credibility, or your crew. It looks like you are over there to dump more crap on the coach (who already thought the TF was BS) under the guise of backing up your partner. If my partner calls a weak, unknown TF, I certainly will back them up. I won't go there to tell them they lost the privilege only to hear them chirp something else. Instead of moving on, you became the highlight of the night. Congrats on the fiasco of the night.

As far as a 3rd TF, please indicate what rule there is for issuing a 3rd Direct TF to the coach. Then you will be getting some educ-ma-cation from your assignor. Assuming you get educated at all.

Once again, you're talking out of your rear end without any clue. It's standard procedure in my association to inform the coaches. That's the bottom line. Doesn't really matter what you say, so you can take your advice and stick it in your ear.

I called my assignor after the game to assist him in filling out the state report and he said "Great job, you did exactly what you were supposed to."

So go find a jamboree where you can order around some newbie officials and get your rocks off.

As someone wise used to say, "Lah, me."