No Spratster,

You are an example of the type of coaches I like working with. The kind that doensn't want to interupt a match with a complaint that is going to go unheard and will not be changed. I have absolutly no problem going to a coach after the match is over and explaing why I made a call that I did. However there have been times when that coach has insulted me or told me I was wrong during a match. I went and explained it to him after the match, even showed him the rule or a picture in the rules book in situations where it was practical, and even gone to the extent to get the head ref to confirm it to him, because he thought I might be lying to him (sarcastic grin). If more coaches were like you Spratster our job would be alot easier. What bothers me the most is 99% of the time the coach is questionsing a judgement call which they can't do anyway, they are wrong in their interpretation, and they are setting a bad example for their kid. He/she is stadning their listening to their coach who they always think is right questioning a call. Then they get it in their head that they are getting screwed over, and it messes with them mentally to the point where they lose the match, and eventually blame it on the ref. I have hnoestly see na kid that was winning by 5 points get reversed and taken to his back, the back points were a judement call by the ref who thought they were being scored, the coach did not. Hes up at the table screaming his head off, the kid is listening to him screaming his head off, The ref tells the coach to shut it or be thrown out, THe coach tells the kid he might as well quit cause the ref is not going to let him win. THey go back out and the kid basically rolls over and pins himself. I coulnd not beleive that I had saw that. And afterwards when I spoke to the ref doing the match, I told him I was totally sickened that this is what our sport has come to when a coach can have that much effect on his kid to make him just give up becuase of a jugdement call. People who don't ref have no clue this type of thing goes on. As I said in my earlier post, I'm hoping next year as we begin the season that we as officials make it a point to warn all the coaches that judegement questioning is not going to be tolerated and start providing immediate ejections. We'll do so at the coaches meeting, they should do it at the state meeting, and head coaches of clubs need to start emphasizing it to their assistants/parents at practice.