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Originally posted by jackgil:
Mark -
I'm sure they all deserved those T's you handed out. What was your most memorable?
Jack
Of course they ALWAYS deserve them. My most memorable this season actually came in a rec league game - high school varsity boys level. Here's what happened:
This league has a rule that if a team gets three technicals for the game, they forfeit. During warmups, A1 dunked the ball. I T him and explain to both coaches that we will start the game with team B shooting two and getting the ball. B1 makes both and we go to inbound at the division line. A1 is guarding B1, who is trying to inbound. B1 throws the ball in and A1 bats it back. It hits the floor OOB, then bounces up and hits B1, who is also OOB. My partner goes to give the ball back to B1, since A1 caused it to go OOB. A1 screams that it hit B1 OOB and that he should get the ball. My partner calmly explains that it hit the floor OOB first after A1 batted it, so it's B's ball. A1 screams at my partner and yells a profanity. My partner T's him. That's two and they both happen to be against A1, so he's gone.
Immediately, Coach A starts running across the floor at my partner, yelling at him for "throwing A1 out of the game." I T him before he gets more than three steps onto the floor. That's three and the game is over. I look up at the clock and it shows 7:58 (just the time it took for the inbound play). The entire game lasted two seconds!
We packed up and went home. As we were leaving the gym, I thanked my partner for a job well done.