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Originally posted by fletch_irwin_m
I think I Have some of you beat. My wife and I don't have any children, so that is not a worry. However, I will not be assigned any of her games as she is the Varsity Girls Basketball coach in the area. How would THAT be for a tough crowd?
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Ouch...be fun to call a T on her, wouldn't it!! It is interesting to me that even though we as officials go WAY out of our way to avoid "conflicts", they still come up...I was on the court for warm-ups at a local boys HS Varsity game several years ago - the Home AD walks by me and says "Remember you're at Prairie tonight, not Battle Ground" (the two are same school district rivals)...I looked at him and said "What are you talking about?" He responded that he knew I graduated from BG and didn't want me to let that influence the way I called the game (yes they were playing each other)...I smiled and said "Sir, I grew up in a small town in Alaska, graduated from a small HS in Alaska, and moved down here after I got married." He just looked at me and said "Oh. Never mind"...the fans are gonna think what they want to think. Do your games, be professional, and ignore the fans...