[deecee]

couple years ago i had a game at half time the score was like 40-2 or something similar -- 12yr old girls. In my infinite wisdom I felt really bad for the team getting pounded on so i took the score off the scoreboard and just had the scorer keep it on paper -- the winning coach got mad even after I explained I just wanted to take the score off the board as it was clear his team had one and I just hoped it would help the other team not feel as defeated. Well this coach became a super *** after this and started pressing even harder and running harder. Well i think they won by like 300 points.

Then next day I got to ref the same team and the coach was all smug and started the game on the wrong side of me with a wise *** comment about the previous day -- I laughed and wished him good luck. At half time his team was down by about 20 as the other team was pressing the crap out of them -- and as i was walking over to the table i said something along the line of "watch out for their full court press its a doozy" -- well he had some choice words for me and I didnt T him up but I got a good laugh as well as the others that heard me since they all knew of what an *** he was. I think the other team eased off a bit in the second half and they only beat them by about 30.

Moral of the story -- medium sized fish that think they are tough by beating up on small fish will eventually get smacked around by the big fish.

In retrospect I think i was right in what i did -- even though the arguments against what i did in teh first place are sound -- and I am just glad that I got to see some sweet revenge.