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Similar situation
There's a clown in our association and he was the only person on my pre-season availability form that I excluded as a potential partner. I've got nothing against clowns, just think the big red shoes should stay off the basketball court.
Well, midway through this season he fills in for someone when they cancelled at the last minute. He's the R and refused any pre-game conversation I tried to initiate, even though he showed up 12 minutes prior to game and took his position.
Game is fine until nearly half-time. After I call a rough shooting foul I dash in and separate a few players, tell 'em to knock it off, etc. Takes probably 30 seconds or so. I report and then head to lead to administer. Horn goes off and clock operator waives partner over.
The clock operator is the home AD, been doing this 20 years, model citizen, probably 60 years old, one of the good guys. He says that he got involved watching the potential fight and forgot to turn off the game clock and that approximately 40 seconds ran off.
Partner says that he has no knowledge and comes to me and asks me if I have knowledge. Well no, I was preventing a fight and didn't glance at the clock. So partner says that he can't put time back on the clock. It's possible I would have given the AD the benefit of the doubt if I was the one he approached and since we're still in the second quarter in a close game. But anyway . . .
My partner tells him no, and the clock guy asks why, I hear my partner (I'm on the base line, he's at the table) say "Don't question me just do your job". The AD says something I don't hear and then a "I'm in charge here" from my partner. AD replies and then (I'm laughing now) my partner T's the AD. He gave him a T! and he blows his whistle.
I'm just dying to see what happens next.
My partner gestures out of the building, he's throwing the AD out and saying "get out" a few times. The AD doesn't react, just looks at me. I kind of giggle and shrug my shoulders as I walk toward him. I've only had probably 5 games in this gym, but I recognize that this is a genuinely nice guy, this AD.
As I reach him I whisper "do you have somewhere you can go?", sort of hoping he just takes the hint and goes to his office. He does, but as he gets about halfway out, walks up to my partner, with whom I'm conferring, and asks "for my report I need both your names". Whistle and another T by my partner.
I say "I'll give them to you after the game if that's alright". The AD walks off.
Then I ask my partner "how can you T the clock operator?". He says (and I'm not joking) "Charge it to the home team". I just said "partner, its just not in the rule book and it simply isn't allowed". This went on for a few more minutes until he finally relented, we got a new clock operator and moved on.
Well, this is already too long, but later he T'd the assistant coach and two bench personnel all in 10 seconds. My report to the assignor was three pages.
My advice, avoid the train wreck since it's happened to you several times already. Cancel these games. "Fool me once, shame on you . . . "
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