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Old Fri Jan 09, 2009, 10:29am
rockyroad rockyroad is offline
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Originally Posted by bigdogrunnin View Post

I am flabbergasted by the "Missouri Rule". How can something like that ever by justified? Wow!
I tend to agree, but on the other hand, how can something like what happened in my OP ever be justified? And to know that there is no recourse at all, well...if the coach had kept questioning the shooting of the free throws, I have absolutely no doubt that the official who told the coach to "sit down and be quiet" would have T'd the coach. So maybe the "Missouri Rule" goes too far, but where's the happy medium to deal with situations like in the OP???

On the flip side, it did give me a good opportunity to talk with my two sons about being resilient and fighting through adverse conditions - and no, I did not throw the officials under the bus in that conversation (which was hard, because I really wanted to ).
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