Coach or first name?

Scrapper1

JRutledge wrote
I will refer to a coach by their first name if I know the first names of both coaches. Other than that, I call them "Coach"

26 Year Gap wrote
If I know both coaches well enough, I will use first names on occasion.

I agree with this. If I know both coaches, I'll use their names. If I am only familiar with one of them, I call both "Coach". I don't want a coach that I don't know to think that I'm chumming up to the other one. That's a sure-fire way to have problems later.

Texas Aggie wrote
This is bad advice. I know the first names of 80% of the varsity coaches around where I work and I would never call any by their first name on the court or in front of any other coach.

I guess the question is "why?" Why pretend that the three of us don't know each other, when I've been reffing games for both of them for 10 years? It just seems silly to me.

Scrapper1

zebraman wrote
Then an NBA ref that he respects highly told him that saying "coach" is an excuse to be lazy and not learn the names of each coach.

Jeez, this is just as silly as the other extreme. It's not lazy, it's respectful. Being overly-familiar with somebody you don't know is pushy.

Scrapper1

SCalScoreKeeper wrote
My school's coaches:

Varsity Boys-Just call him and assistant Coach (Insert Last Name)!
Varsity Girls-First Name Basis

What is the rationale for this difference? Why do you call the girls' coach by first name but not the boys' coach? 😕 I can't think of any reason for having a different approach between the two coaches.

Adam

Scrapper1 wrote
What is the rationale for this difference? Why do you call the girls' coach by first name but not the boys' coach? 😕 I can't think of any reason for having a different approach between the two coaches.

Maybe he knows the girls coach better.

fullor30

Mark Padgett wrote
I prefer to be addressed as "Your Highness". 🙂

They know your history with meds..........

CoachP

Put me in the one third of either way is fine. I can see where the official is calling the home coach "Brian" and the visitor coach, "Coach" being "funny looking" though.

bob jenkins

We all hear our name better than we hear our role ("ref", "coach"). So, using the name can help us get the attention through the noise / distractions of the game.

Put me down on the side of using the name (on both sides).

I also try to remember the captain's names throughout the game.

Rich

bob jenkins wrote
We all hear our name better than we hear our role ("ref", "coach"). So, using the name can help us get the attention through the noise / distractions of the game.

Put me down on the side of using the name (on both sides).

I also try to remember the captain's names throughout the game.

Can you understand the kids when they mumble their names to you? I know half the time I can't, especially with some of the more exotic names. I do try to remember their numbers, though -- just in case I don't, I circle the speaking captain's number in the book.

And I do (maybe someone has a mechanics manual handy at the moment can verify whether this is still in there) verify before the toss that the captains are ready (speaking for their teams).

bob jenkins

RichMSN wrote
Can you understand the kids when they mumble their names to you? I know half the time I can't, especially with some of the more exotic names. I do try to remember their numbers, though -- just in case I don't, I circle the speaking captain's number in the book.

Usually not -- but I do remember the numbers and look at the line-up or listen to the introductions.

And I do (maybe someone has a mechanics manual handy at the moment can verify whether this is still in there) verify before the toss that the captains are ready (speaking for their teams).

I do -- if the speaking captains for both teams are starting.

Rich

bob jenkins wrote
Usually not -- but I do remember the numbers and look at the line-up or listen to the introductions.

I do -- if the speaking captains for both teams are starting.

I figured you magically learn how to speak teenager once you have one. I have another decade or so to see if that's true personally, though. 😀

grunewar

RichMSN wrote
I figured you magically learn how to speak teenager once you have one. I have another decade or so to see if that's true personally, though. 😃

Not true! I thought I knew how to "speak teenager" (I have two), but apparently, somewhere along the way, they changed/added to the dictionary! 😕

But, maybe that's just me. Good luck to you.....in ten years! 😛

mbyron

Rich, magic has nothing to do with it. Learning to speak teenager is a survival skill!

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