Handling Coaches

[JRutledge]

I will tell a coach to either "Knock it off" or "Stop it" if they having something to say on every play. I usually say something like, "Coach we are not wrong on every play, if you have a question on a couple of plays, but not every play." I usually will not say much to a single cry for a call that is a statement, but if it is consistent that we have a comment every play, I think that needs to be addressed. And I will usually accompany with, "If we saw it the way you did, we would have made the call that way" or something in that manner.

I have found in recent years seen these have worked and we get the coach back to coaching which is what I want them to do in the first place.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I will tell a coach to either "Knock it off" or "Stop it" if they having something to say on every play. I usually say something like, "Coach we are not wrong on every play, if you have a question on a couple of plays, but not every play." I usually will not say much to a single cry for a call that is a statement, but if it is consistent that we have a comment every play, I think that needs to be addressed. And I will usually accompany with, "If we saw it the way you did, we would have made the call that way" or something in that manner.

I have found in recent years seen these have worked and we get the coach back to coaching which is what I want them to do in the first place.

Peace

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[BillyMac]

This past Friday night. First half. I'm the trail standing right in front of the Team A bench, right in fount of the Team A coach. B1, at the top of the key, makes an odd pivot, but doesn't move her pivot foot. Coach yells out, "Travel". I ignore him. B1's next move is to drag her pivot foot, I call, and signal, a traveling violation on B1. As I turn to move upcourt, I say to the coach, "The first move was legal, the second was a travel". Coach says, "I know".

I wanted to say, "Then why did you yell out "Travel" on the first move if you knew that it wasn't a travel?", but wisely decided against it, and just moseyed on my way upcourt. Stupid coaches.