Coach Help

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BigBaldGuy

Earlier in my career I think I looked for reasons to give technical fouls...show everyone that I am in control. I have learned over 23 years to look for ways not to give technical fouls. Use all my resources and experience to defuse situations...if at all possible. Sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't...but if there is some "gray area" I am going to try.

Let's just say I am plenty willing to use other tools. In the summer, though, I'm more likely to skip to the most efficient.

And in either case, it has nothing to do with a close late game. The perfect time for an idiot coach and his idiot players to learn to control their pie holes is during "meaningless" summer games.

[BigBaldGuy]

Originally Posted by Adam

Let's just say I am plenty willing to use other tools. In the summer, though, I'm more likely to skip to the most efficient.

And in either case, it has nothing to do with a close late game. The perfect time for an idiot coach and his idiot players to learn to control their pie holes is during "meaningless" summer games.

I can't say that I don't disagree with you at all. But, I am not automatically going to default to a technical foul just because it is a "summer" game. I feel that you can also use "summer" games to "strongly educate" coaches and players.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by BigBaldGuy

I can't say that I don't disagree with you at all. But, I am not automatically going to default to a technical foul just because it is a "summer" game. I feel that you can also use "summer" games to "strongly educate" coaches and players.

That's a nice theory, but there's a huge difference in the demeanor and professionalism between a high school coach, whose job is at stake, and an AAU/Select coach, who essentially is the boss of his own empire. It's often a futile effort to attempt to educate an AAU coach.

[BigBaldGuy]

Originally Posted by Smitty

That's a nice theory, but there's a huge difference in the demeanor and professionalism between a high school coach, whose job is at stake, and an AAU/Select coach, who essentially is the boss of his own empire. It's often a futile effort to attempt to educate an AAU coach.

You are 100% correct.

[BigT]

Had you and your partner discussed this kids behavior. What kinds of things had he been saying to you both the entire game. I dont have as much experience but normally a kid who behaviors like that at the end of a game is a problem every game and has a big mouth every game. The coach knows it and either takes care of it or lets him loose. I have given him his one warning by this time. If he goes off after that warning I think he should get a T. If his last foul was wimpy then I might give him a little more room. I would love to hear anything that was discussed or heard from this kid up to this point.

[SWMOzebra]

Originally Posted by Adam

The perfect time for an idiot coach and his idiot players to learn to control their pie holes is during "meaningless" summer games.

Oh, yeah. +1 big time

Originally Posted by Smitty

It's often a futile effort to attempt to educate an AAU coach.

Again, +1. Your attempts are likely to fall on deaf ears and you end up giving the tech anyway. It's summer ball ... if we can all agree that we're not doing rotations and switches as we would normally do during the season, it can't be that big of a leap to understand that for reduced pay we're also listening to/tolerating less BS. Why not just skip the preliminaries and go straight to the main event?

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by SWMOzebra

It's summer ball ... if we can all agree that we're not doing rotations and switches as we would normally do during the season, it can't be that big of a leap to understand that for reduced pay we're also listening to/tolerating less BS. Why not just skip the preliminaries and go straight to the main event?

I would even take it one step further and say it's often more BS more quickly than what we deal with in HS ball. These coaches go from zero to psycho in less than a second. Any attempt to calm them down or *gasp* reason with them usually only makes them go more insane. They aren't listening. They are only reacting. And then the parents (and sometimes the players) feed off of the coach's reaction. If you don't nip it in the bud, it only gets worse.