Coaching basketball 8 year olds

You're coaching 8 year olds, who cares. Everyone gets a trophy anywah

SPQR tiger has coached little league over forty years, I'm sure he'll be on soon to give sage advice

I don't go by the it's all about fun. Winning is fun. (I'm not that serious, but we practice and try hard) They might not win another game and the kids were upset because they had one taken from them. We scored 4 pts in all of our losses. 5 in a thrilling sudden death double overtime where we won a second free throw 5-4. Should have been at least 12 tonight.

Mr. Wayne, you got fricking screwed by that other team.

And yeah, you should have told them exactly what you thought.

They had no problem arguing their side to the point that they actually got the ref to call a do-over? Are you kidding? A do-over?!?

No way you should have allowed that to happen.

Here's the thing. As a coach, you are the only advocate for your team. The only one. No one else is going to stand up and argue for your team. Not the officials, not the scorekeeper, no one. It's only you.

Nice guys worry about how they are being perceived and whether or not they are being fair. They consider the other side of the fence. It's the nature of nice, decent people to do this.

Assholes only see one side. Their side. And when nice guys run into assholes, they shouldn't expect assholes to turn into nice guys.

As a coach, never concede a point to an a-hole. It never works in your favor.

The bottom line here is that the clock was started and a play was run that resulted in a score and a foul. If the clock operator made a mistake, then the league can deal with the clock operator later. Your team acted on the time that was on the clock. Did the ref blow the whistle to kill the play when the clock didn't start? No? Then the play counts.

Take tonight's game and learn from it. Next time don't give in.

If the official and the clock operator agree they are two seconds behind, add two more seconds to the clock, shoot the free throw and let the game end from there naturally.

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Thanks. I thought it was solved when the 2nd official said no more than 4 seconds, but the coaches kept bitching without me noticing. The ref guilted me in to accepting because the clock kid was from my side, each team is supposed to provide a parent for score keeper and clock keeper, but I didn't realize the other team never sent anyone till after it was over. Both were from my team's families. Luckily they don't post records. I told my team the other coaches cried like girls and the ref cheated. They left convinced we won the game and I'm not telling them differently. Told the coaches what I thought of them and went on my way.

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Great lessons you're teaching there.

It's not about winning. It's about teaching sportsmanship and fundamentals at that age. I can only speak for one and it looks like you're severely lacking in it.

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1 acts like a dinosaur all game (I'm serious)

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How did you get Chris Bosh?

It's sportsmanlike to bend over and take it from the guy that yells the loudest? I told them I was proud of them and their hard work won the game. I stopped some 7-8 year olds from crying over two adults cheating and costing them a well deserved win. The crying jokes put a smile back on their face. That was what was most important to me.

Most of these kids will be LSU and Saints fans. Someone has to teach them about ref bias.

I had a soccer coach in U-13s get kicked out of a game once because the ref gave the other team a re-do on an illegal throw in. He was pissed. Yes, the kids are young, but if the clock kid doesn't operate it properly you either have to stop it right away and reset it, or take time off at the end. You can't redo it. This isn't the USSR.

Wouldn't have said a word.

No way I let them have the do-over......you should have stood your ground while not making an arse of yourself.