Handling Coaches

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by constable

I would never tell a coach to "calm down" or "relax". All that does is give the coach an opportunity to scream " I am calm! " etc.

Reminds me of a story from a football official (who now works in the NFL). Back in his D-III college days, he had one coach who vehemently disagreed with a call right at the end of the first half. Before the officials could get off the field at the start of halftime, said coach was "expressing his displeasure" to another official (who was a first-year college official at the time). Future NFL ref walks over to the conversation, and calmly says to the coach "Come on, coach, you're better than that". Coach immediately replies, as loudly enough for a significant portion of the fans to hear. "NO, I'M NOT!"

[Welpe]

I had that exact exchange with a football coach after flagging his defender for DPI but it was backwards. Coach: "Come on you're better than that!"

"I'm really not coach!"