It's that time of year. The season is winding down and teams are jockeying for playoff positions. Everything becomes more "serious" and the participants more tempermental.
Had game last night that was going very well. Late in the 3rd quarter I missed a foul call that should have been made. An inept dribbler (big center) is bent over watching the bouncing ball and trying to dribble. Puts her non-dribbling hand up to keep the defender away. Catches the defender under the chin with her forearm. Ball immediately skips away out of bounds off the dribbler. The forearm thing caught me by surprise and I failed to whistle. The defender got the ball OOB. Coach immediately calls a time and says to me "You've got to get consistent on both ends of the court. You're doing a great job for them." I suffered through his comments. Foul count was about 12 to 4 in his favor. He was about to get the ball for throw-in. But he was losing by 10 points. ... So it was surely my lack of consistency that was causing his situation (sarcasm).
It's the season. Bear down and persevere.
[Edited by DownTownTonyBrown on Jan 27th, 2005 at 10:05 AM]