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Old Fri Jan 09, 2004, 01:39am
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
Some coaches aren't very smart in some regards, though. He may control HIS home schedule, but most teams do play road games and I notice he's on my schedule twice in February. It won't affect anything, but my smile will be a bit bigger than usual when we greet him before the game.
Just like a lot of people play the "race card," a lot of coaches play the "you'll never work here again card."

"Hey, 100 miles away in the dead of winter! Please, please coach, mark me off! But before I go, take this with you! WHACK!!"

Oh dear, I bet that gets BBallCoach going again!
Unfortunately, he will start a new thread in the process.

To be honest, we had a good laugh on the way home using just about the same words you did. I just mapped it, BTW -- it is 115 miles one way to his school. We weren't actually at his school and haven't ever been -- they were the visiting team and we were probably about 40 miles closer at the time. My personal limit for a regular season game is about 90 miles, BTW. Unless I'm not the one driving