Back In The Saddle Good heavens, reading is so fundamental: "Now if they're not hustling, and they're missing stuff...well, okay. That's a legitimate gripe." Read the entire damn post before you start venting your spleen, will you?
archangel slow whistle wroteAbout 10 yrs ago I was playing in a league and one of the officials answered his cell phone DURING the game, DURING a live ball...and no his wife wasn't pregnant, nor was anybody dying, he just thought that since it was a blowout he didn't really need to pay attention...and yes I read him the riot act... Ifs that the case, that cell phone was the size of a loaf of bread!
slow whistle archangel wroteIfs that the case, that cell phone was the size of a loaf of bread! ok mr. smarty pants I did the exact math and it was 8 yrs ago which IS "about 10 yrs ago"...however, I will note that I had the original motorola flip phone back around 1994-95 and you could fit that in your pocket...and they have obviously gotten progressively smaller since then......
slow whistle don't know how the thumbs down got on that post, must have accidentally clicked... it's all in fun...
Adam archangel wroteIfs that the case, that cell phone was the size of a loaf of bread! I had that cell phone. I think my plan had about 30 minutes a month on it.
Smitty Back In The Saddle wroteGood heavens, reading is so fundamental: "Now if they're not hustling, and they're missing stuff...well, okay. That's a legitimate gripe." Read the entire damn post before you start venting your spleen, will you? I was responding to this part that you wrote: Back In The Saddle wroteIf the officials are making the calls, controlling the game, and getting the job done, but aren't seen as hustling...well, what's the beef?? Not hustling at any time is not ok. By definition, if you're not hustling, you're missing stuff. You're kidding yourself if you think otherwise.
Coach Bill Back In The Saddle wroteGood heavens, reading is so fundamental: "Now if they're not hustling, and they're missing stuff...well, okay. That's a legitimate gripe." Read the entire damn post before you start venting your spleen, will you? I read the entire d@mn post. Did you read mine? I may think they're missing stuff, but they always claim they're not missing stuff. Have you ever said to a coach, "Yeh, I wasn't hustling, so I missed that one." I think they should hustle all the time, to be sure they don't miss anything.
Back In The Saddle We're talking about men's wreck ball here. They almost never have coaches. And when they do, the coaches are complete idiots. So when talking to men's wreck ball coaches, I keep my dialog very simple, very short. I only use phrases like, "there's the door." Come to think of it, that's the ONLY phrase I use with them.
fullor30 Coach Bill wroteSaddle - It really bothers me not to see the ref hustling. But, according to you, I have no legitimate gripe. Because, every time I ask the ref to hustle from the backcourt to the frontcourt, he tells me he's not missing anything, he had a good view from back there, etc.... I've never heard a ref say, yeh, I missed that because I didn't hustle into position. I think I it's a legitimate request (gripe) to ask the ref to be professional. Totally disrespectful, If you ever said that to me.....WHACK
Coach Bill If you walk up and down the court, don't get into position, and you whack me when I ask you about it, then I'll take it. Saddle was referring to Rec ball, and I'm referring to NFHS. I agree there's a difference in level of expectation.
slow whistle Coach Bill wroteIf you walk up and down the court, don't get into position, and you whack me when I ask you about it, then I'll take it. Saddle was referring to Rec ball, and I'm referring to NFHS. I agree there's a difference in level of expectation. i don't know about that, is there a difference in pay? if you are taking the check put forth the effort...actually i don't get how you can turn it on and turn it off, imho you risk picking up bad habits if you aren't putting out every time you take the floor...
Kingsman1288 Back In The Saddle wroteWe're talking about men's wreck ball here. They almost never have coaches. And when they do, the coaches are complete idiots. So when talking to men's wreck ball coaches, I keep my dialog very simple, very short. I only use phrases like, "there's the door." Come to think of it, that's the ONLY phrase I use with them. I don't even bother talking to coaches in men's wreck league. There's no point for them anyway. As soon as someone introduces themselves to me as the team's coach, I automatically shut them out. I've thrown out more of these so-called "coaches" than players.