Coach submits lineup backwards

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

Why not just eat the call, let the JV coach make changes and go on?

Yes, I know the coach should know better, but if they are still in the developmental stage, I'd think real hard about letting her make the changes to what lineup she wants to make it her intended lineup..

I understand what you're saying. And to some extent, I agree.

But, my feeling was it would open a big ol' can of red wrigglers. If I were the opposing coach, I would want to know why my opponent got to change her lineup in direct contradiction of the rules. And, if I were a PITA opposing coach, I would probably ask what other rules you'd be setting aside.

I had a match a couple of weeks ago where the visiting coach and I chatted before the game and she made it a point to tell me that she's the kind of coach who cares very little about who wins and mostly about the girls. Which, of course, means just the opposite (why do coaches do crap like this?). In the frosh match, the home team libero's number was a dup. of one of the starters. Sadly I didn't check the rosters and catch this (bad, bad BITS). But since I'm still a rookie and trying to get a feel for how stuff is typically handled in my area, I ask my R if she wants to enforce this. R says don't worry about it, just make sure the book knows. Sure enough, "altruistic" visiting coach wants to know why I'm not enforcing the uniform rule. Then she informs me that this coach has been getting away with this all year, while faking like it's a one time oversight.

Try to be a nice guy, try to not let technicalities get in the way of what should be a developmental experience, and what does it get me? Played by one coach and catching grief about it from the other!

All things considered, I'm thinking that the mixed-up lineup coach will not make that mistake again (possibly in her entire career), there was no opposing coach's reaction to address, and since it was a soph. match, who cares if they were all messed up for one game? But in reality, if it were the varsity match and the lineup were the wrong-way-round, it still wouldn't be my problem.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure the frosh coach with the libero number issue is still playing officials like she apparently has all year long. And I lost an opportunity to gain some respect from her "altrusistic" opponent.

PS. Sorry, don't mean to unload on you for the frustration I've felt from my own mistakes. But you did ask, "why not"