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True story - First game of the season - Lots of mental preparation - Good pregame with my partner - We are getting ready for the opening jump ball and in my mind I am going over all the possible things that can happen before the teams settle in.
The ball is tossed and tipped - Blue controls and the teams set up. Blue shoots and misses - White gets the rebound and loses the ball OOB on my side - The open hand goes up and I do the quick exhale to get that short percise blast of the Fox40 that shows the world that I am on the play and in control of the situation.
But no sound comes forth. The crowd and my partner all look at my RED face as I realise that in all that pre-planning, I have failed to take out the whistle that was tucked inside of my shirt and put it in my mouth.
Needless to say I have now included WHISTLE IN MOUTH as part of my personal pregame.
My partner promised not to tell anybody on the board, but its too good a story to keep to myself.
(My nightmare is to get to a faraway gym and realize I have only ONE shoe) I did have a partner who packed two left shoes and had to wear them that way.
[Edited by ranjo on Jan 31st, 2002 at 03:36 PM]
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