Advice

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by Refk

I had a game last week I wish I could have handled better so looking for some advice.

Boys JV / V contest at local HS, I arrive to find a partner who shows up about 20 minutes before game time and I've never seen before. We pregame as he's putting on shoes and while we are on the court . He begins the JV Captain's meeting and starts with "we are going to be preventative officiating then proceeds talking for another 2 or 3 minutes on OOB, play defense with feet, etc.... In my opinion way too much but it's his game. At the end he asks if there are any questions ..... then raises his hand and "chops down " and says " LET"S GET IT ON !!!!" very loudly. All look at each other like WTH was that?

I think most of the previous posters have pretty much said how I would handle it as well. I can't help but comment on the first part, I was just short of laughing out loud picturing this guy's ridiculous pregame, capped with the "Let's get it on!" Chop!! Classic!

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Originally Posted by frezer11

I think most of the previous posters have pretty much said how I would handle it as well. I can't help but comment on the first part, I was just short of laughing out loud picturing this guy's ridiculous pregame, capped with the "Let's get it on!" Chop!! Classic!

Was Mills Lane your partner? If not, he probably watched too much Celebrity Deathmatch.

[Refk]

I certainly will use "I understand" next time (hoping there isn't a next time). I officiated the next day with my normal partner and we discussed the game. I went through the whole scenario with him and both of us agreed I should not have said " We've go it under control" . It was a game I'll remember, especially the Captain's meeting.

Thanks again

[ballgame99]

LOL at the "Let's get it on!" comment; being a 4th year guy myself and just starting to get some varsity experience, this sounds like a guy who doesn't want to be "that guy" calling ticky tack stuff in a varsity game, so he just doesn't call anything. He's probably heard discussions about big boy basketball, and "at this level" that's not a foul, and he is waiting to have you show him what a foul is/isn't. Just tell him to call his game and it will work itself out.