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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Are you serious? You'd let a high school player say something like that without tossing him?
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Well, this wasn't HS. But nevertheless, these officials, both of whom I know, knew better. I just needed to vent. When something like this happens, I know that down the line, when the playoffs for this league start next week, and one of them tries to pull that with me, or any other referee, and they get tossed, then I'll hear "but last week I didn't get in trouble for it." Then again, he'll be promptly exiting the gym, so I shouldn't hear much out of them anyways. I just know that somewhere down the line, another ref is going to be made to look like the bad guy (or gal) when they have to toss them.
On another note, working in a different league this weekend (kids rec league), I had a parent yell at me, "Obviously you've never seen the officials work games in the," wait for it......"SEC!" I was really hoping he'd say Big 10 so I could start giving 25-hip-bang block calls just like Hightower.
The best lesson I've learned is that you just have to let it all go once the game is over. Sure, the coach was an A**, but when it's all said and done with, if I can go home, watch some basketball and chuckle about it all, it just makes it all that much better.