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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Sh!t, back in my last season of playing regularly before becoming an official I fouled out one game, then got T'd up by the ref (who was a regular for Saturday morning pick-up ball) who called every single foul against me , then I kicked a dent into the water fountain (which was witnessed by a CMSgt in Services). The ref was a younger dude (under 30) and I thought he didn't know what the f**k he was doing and I felt obligated to let him know. Well he and I became good friends after I started officiating, he PCS'd to the Midwest, and now he's on staff with the MVC and the Horizon (currently interrupted for overseas duty).
The dirtiest player I've played against around here is a former USAF officer who got out the service to pastor his own church. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet in your life. But it's pure misery to play pick-up ball with him.
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In my first year officiating, maybe the 10th game or so I ever called was a routine Air Force intramural game. The coach for one team, a major, was loud and obnoxious, but toward his own players so nothing to T or run him for. Mid-way 2nd half there was little kid playing with a toy car well off the court but the car got away from him and rolled onto the court. I saw it, blew my whistle to stop the play and looked over at the kid when I heard behind me a huge crash. Turns out the deranged coach grabbed the car and fired it into the stands. I was so stunned, as was everyone else in the gym, that I froze and didn't do anything...still far-and-away my single greatest regret as a sports official, though I chalk it up primarily to inexperience. In retrospect, I should have T'd, tossed him, and visited his commander first thing the next morning. I still get livid and embarrassed just thinking about it.
BTW, did you buy that water fountain? And there are a lot of good officials out there in the military...glad to hear your buddy is succeeding at a high level.