ESPN: Coaches Behaving Badly

[Raymond]

Honestly, these coaches sounded like a bunch of hypocrites and idiots in this piece.

[just another ref]

It's ironic that we're reading about coaches complaining about added scrutiny due to increased presence of media and amateur technology.

Tell us something we don't know.

[Rich]

A bunch of well-placed technical fouls would fix this kind of thing.

I mean, look at Shashevsky this afternoon -- he doesn't like a conversation he has with Luckie, turns and throws his marker, and seems genuinely shocked that he got whacked. He was still shocked much later.

Perhaps if the conferences got a bit tougher and told officials to hold coaches accountable maybe the behavior would iimprove.

[dahoopref]

Originally Posted by Rich

A bunch of well-placed technical fouls would fix this kind of thing.

Perhaps if the conferences got a bit tougher and told officials to hold coaches accountable maybe the behavior would iimprove.

As long as there are conferences where coaches have a say in rating an official (which in turn affects their pay tier) or constantly have influence on the assignor, you'd be hard pressed to have referees issue more T's on the coaches.

[tmagan]

Originally Posted by dahoopref

As long as there are conferences where coaches have a say in rating an official (which in turn affects their pay tier) or constantly have influence on the assignor, you'd be hard pressed to have referees issue more T's on the coaches.

I agree. Wasn't Barakat, when he was head of ACC officials friends with Coach K and Dean Smith?

A bit ironic these days, because coaches ejections are rare in the NBA these days. I remember the days where Larry Brown and Jerry Sloan were good for a few ejections each year and in the super old days, Red Auerbach was thrown out of an All-Star game.

[JRutledge]

BTW, I do not know if anyone saw the overall "Outside the Lines" show where Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Mike Wood (Supervisor of officials now) spoke about this issue further.

Bilas was amazing in his critique of coaches and their behavior. I thought his comments were the best out of all the panelist in taking on how it makes little sense in how officials should be treated.

Peace

[LRZ]

Interesting that no officials--even retired ones--were interviewed in that segment. Someone like Hank Nichols would have an interesting perspective.

As for the old days in the NBA, I always think about a quote from Sid Borgia (I think): "I don't call fouls, I dispense justice."

[APG]

Let's ask a bunch of coaches how they think about the conduct of their breathen and themselves...

What we basically heard was a bunch of platitudes and all the basic justifications for why some of these coaches act a fool: emotional game, job on the line, caught up in the emotions of the game, etc.

You know why you don't see all this kind of conduct in the NBA? Because the NBA has taken a stand on these kind of issues, and officials don't have to worry about negative repercussions with one's schedule if a warranted technical foul or ejection was handed out. This goes for veterans such as Joe Crawford and Scott Foster to the less experienced officials.. Coach K's act of ranting and raving on the sidelines wouldn't last long in the NBA.

If college really wants this behavior out of the game, it'll be up to the conference assignors. NCAA-M can come out with directives and POE's, but it doesn't matter if the conference assignors aren't 100 percent behind it, and officials (except for the big dogs) are worried about how a T/ejection might effect his coaches' rating or future schedule.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Honestly, these coaches sounded like a bunch of hypocrites and idiots in this piece.

Absolutely.

And when a coach does not want to be treated like a dog, but then they talk to us like we are a dog.

Funny on so many levels how these coaches sound so stupid. Yes, I said stupid.

Peace