[fullor30]

I can't remember if I ever have tossed a coach at any level. 7th grade travel tourney over MLK weekend over 30 teams. It didn't help I had a long day of games.
Coach is getting chippy as his team is getting pummeled( what a surprise) and has a running commentary on almost every other play, the usual "oh my God", "unbelievable" and the volume is increasing. As I call a travel, he's on me about a phantom foul that his kid was hit in the head, I respond to his "why isn't that a foul" cliche and after he's warned, comes another cliche, " you guys are terrible" I whack him. He continues, and I ask him if he wants to stay or leave, if he wants to stay he has to stop......."I want to win" and continues to rant and another "you're horrible", all done in a highly disrespectful tone.......whack again. Coach makes dramatic exit with more loud cliches.

On a good note, whiny parents in the small gym were quiet for the rest of the game.

Now, looking back I wished my partner, who God bless him was useless the whole game, would have jumped in. He was nowhere to be found. I should have been less combative.

My only regret was I didn't get away from him. He deserved the toss, but it could possibly have been avoided with a cooler head on my part.

Thankfully, for my last game which was highly competitive, I had a partner who goes deep into the boys state tournament every year in Illinois and we had a great game.

There, I feel better, just had to emote.