[JAdams]

AAU tournaments around here are typically assigned by someone other than the high school assigners. My question in the first post above is a little unclear.. it should have been "should I tell the guy who assigned officials to the tournament?"

This particular AAU game was not that bad. It was the championship game of the U12 bracket, very well played by the players, and both coaches really wanted to win. The complaining coach is, in fact, a local HS girls varsity coach. Let's put it this way... I've heard a lot worse on Friday nights in February. If my partner can't take in step what was said, then he has awfully thin skin.

In my little corner of the world, these tournaments are often worked by full-fledged varsity officials. I guess it's a chance to stay active with a sport most of us really like.