Trouble Bruin in the Pac-12 - & it Ain't UCLA!

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Adam

Do coaches really think grudges come from something like this? I find that hard to believe.

Probably not. But what may be appropriate to one may not be appropriate to others. Officials are people, and some have lower threshholds then others.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Judtech

Probably not. But what may be appropriate to one may not be appropriate to others. Officials are people, and some have lower threshholds then others.

For a T, certainly. And this might be why some coaches think there's a grudge, if I call a T for less than he got away with last week with another official.

My point is, if coaches really thought we held grudges, they should behave as if we might. They don't, so I don't think they really think that. I think they know better, and would rather say the ref had a grudge than admit he'd been getting away with poor sportsmanship until he ran into the official ready to take care of it.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Adam

For a T, certainly. And this might be why some coaches think there's a grudge, if I call a T for less than he got away with last week with another official.

My point is, if coaches really thought we held grudges, they should behave as if we might. They don't, so I don't think they really think that. I think they know better, and would rather say the ref had a grudge than admit he'd been getting away with poor sportsmanship until he ran into the official ready to take care of it.

I have had coaches that act just like that, tell partners I do not like them (usually a bad coach of a bad team), then get every call from me the next time. So I love it when coaches actually think I care about them. Most of them will not be around long enough or at best I will get them when they have no control I will show up, like post season or a tournament.

Peace

[Raymond]

This reminds me of a thread we had a while ago where we discussed professionalism by officials and professionalism by coaches.

One poster said as officials we always have to be aware of what we say b/c it can come back to bite us in the a$$. He said we have to watch what we say even when we're in the locker room b/c you never know who is on the other side of the door. Another poster derided his position as ridiculous and nothing ever said in that kind of environment would ever have any repercussions.

Well guess that poster wasn't so ridiculous after all.