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Old Tue Nov 13, 2007, 10:00am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Not always recommended, but:

At one frosh game early in my career, I had nearly the same situation. I waited until one egregious comment (the fan wanted 3-seconds on a multiple try / rebound / try ... "play" with all 10 players in the lane), stopped the game when one team gained control, pointed to the fan and said, "You're gone" (giving my best baseball ejection mechanic). After he left, I explained the rule to the rest of the parents. There were some "ooh -- I didn't know that" comments and the rest of the game went smoothly.

WOW, you actually gave a rules clinic in the middle of a game? You got some guts man, I'll give you that. Personally, I wanna keep my job, if they wanna learn the rules they can do it on their own time.
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