Two years ago, i was working a girls JV game in a conference i had worked in from day one. I would get 1/3 of my assignments in this conference. I show up at the gym an hour before tip because my partner is a name I had never seen before and I wanted to make sure we have a good pregame. The guy shows up AFTER the coach's meeting! This guy truly scared me with some of his calls. I think he was making it up as he went along. I had no clue what he was calling because he used his own mechanics I had bever seen before.
fast forward to end of game. game tied. HT working for last shot and the play works (well, kind of). Girl drives the lane and gets fouled. I blow the whistle for a 2 shot foul with .6 seconds left. I report the foul and then go to administer the FTs. Of course the girl clanks the first shot. So I signal and say one shot, bounce her the ball, and back out of the lane. I kid you not, I reach my mark (the sideline extended of the volleyball court) and my partner blows his whistle just as the girl is about to release her second shot.
Yep. 10 seconds!
(Oh yeah, the shot was good :rolleyes) The call was so ludicrous, the HC for the visitors (the beneficiary of this flustercluck) was bent over double laughing so hard I thought he was going to wet his pants. One of my worst days ever. I was embarassed to walk back into the gym after that game.
I have never seen my partner again. I can prove that by saying I'm not in jail.
