just a little note- travel and coaches

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not treat coaches at the college level that much differently then I do at the high school level.

I realize that, but I think that is due to the fact that you have done college ball. A guy who only does HS may have never been exposed to college philosophies, and thus would interact with coaches differently. Make sense?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I realize that, but I think that is due to the fact that you have done college ball. A guy who only does HS may have never been exposed to college philosophies, and thus would interact with coaches differently. Make sense?

I do not approach these conversations from a college official standpoint as if I do not work high school. My schedule is mostly high school games. Officiating is officiating. And most of the successful officials I know in basketball are college officials because they understand that the same concepts used at one level works at the lower levels. And when officials think that there is this vast difference, they really do not understand officiating. Almost every done from the pros is the same things we do in college or high school. The difference is the higher levels talk about these things more than they do at the high school level. High school officials often think there is this drastic philosophy difference without understanding what is even talked about.

And for the record, my main college supervisor is one of my high school supervisors. He talks about the very same things at both levels as to how to apply rules and deal with coaches.

Peace