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Originally posted by t-bone:
I officiated a large tourney recently and it was an abortion. Coaches, one a former NBA player, screaming at their players from the tip off on
Over the years, our local rec league has had a number of former NBA players coach their teams. Here in Portland, former players have a tendency to stay and live in the area.
For the most part, they are not bad. It seems they understand this is a completely different level. However, one jerk, er, I mean former player, was just intolerable. He coached his daughter for about 4 years and led the league in coach's technicals practically every year. Finally, when I was elected league president (this was about 6 years ago and I served for 2 years) I got him kicked out.
His daughter picked up some of his bad habits and had a rough time in high school with the refs, although she really was a great player.
One of my ref buddies has a daughter that plays AAU ball. I had her team last year and she complained about a call. She told me that she "should know" what the right call was because "her dad's a referee." I told her that I have worked with her dad and that's a matter of opinion.
