First tossed coach of the season!

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Originally Posted by johnny d

This is news to me. At every college camp I have ever been at where this type of situation has been discussed the advice has been to call the foul report it and have all referees vacate the area. They do not want or expect the non-calling officials trying to calm coaches down or discuss the call with them. The coach knows what he got the T for and it is his responsibility or his assistants responsibility to get him calmed down and ready to move on. When there are no officials near him to talk to, argue with or yell at, a new play has been created. The coach can continue his behavior, making the second T much easier to call or he can go back to his bench, calm himself down and move on. There is never any reason for any official to discuss a T on a coach for behavior related issues.

That's fine...this was not a college camp. I would imagine lots of things would be different. And the partners are not there to calm down the coach...they are there to get the official out of an emotionally tense situation.

Like it or not, every official is not a top notch, emotionally neutral final four official who has complete contol of all of his faculties 100% of the time. I have seen on multiple occassions where a partner T's up a coach and I can tell by his demeanor and voice that he is "amped up". The powers that be in our area feel it is best for the "emotional" official to vacate the area as quickly as possible. If that means a partner (especially in a 3-man crew) coming in and getting between the official and the coach that is what is expected. Additionally, if the coach gets a second and is tossed other officials in the crew don't have to put in their report to the state "I was keeping myself busy getting everyone ready for the free-throws. My partner is an adult and needs to learn to handle his business. Talk to him if you want to know what happened." By stepping in and giving their partner a chance to report and leave and reminding the coach he has lost the box they now have first hand knowledge of what happens and what is said in the event an ejection is earned. They do not go in to discuss things with the coach.

Some may not think it is best approach...but it is the expected course of action here.

[Rich]

I've only had two basketball head coach ejections in 27 years (1 varsity and 1 JV), but I'll admit there were 1-2 more that I probably missed in an effort to "keep him in the game."

I'll also say that I've only run into one coach in my 12 years in WI that sounds as out of control as the coach in the OP (and that was one of my misses).

If I was going to keep them in the game, I would've whacked one assistant and tell them that, "someone's going home on the next one."

Keeping this head coach in the game wouldn't make you more approachable -- it would've made you and your crew doormats. But apparently the board you work on now may operate that way. Tough for you, no doubt.

(And 3 on one requires your presence. But the guy that whacked the coach should've gotten out of there himself.)