Need to Rant - Part III

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by FMadera

That may be, but would you want a player saying, "Hey Travis, what was that call?"

Why wouldn't you? To me it's all about good communication. And if you can put a player, captain, coach, scorekeeper, partner, line judge, etc. at ease, and get them to feel like they can actually come to you with questions, why wouldn't you? If that means letting them call you by first name, what's wrong with that?

I will admit that I'm a pretty informal kind of guy by nature. And perhaps that colors my thinking on this.