[CDurham]

Well had the game and a weird situation. As I check the books before tip off I notice on the visiting teams book that they have 2 names without numbers. I ask and they inform me that they are managers. So I instruct them to be taken off/scratched out as they are not players and simply managers. Well at halftime of the game the visiting team's coach catches our crew as we are walking out. He says he is going to add a player and asks about when the technical will be issued. We tell him and proceed over to opposite table at halfcourt. We go over get the okay from the books, they have added the "player" and I explain the situation to the deaf coach. As we are getting ready for the tech shots the coach realizes who is being added and doesn't like it. I see her reaction and realize that something is not right. I go over and ask the coach what player he added and why. He says "I need depth so the player I added is our manager". The manager who's name was probably in the book and one of the ones scratched out to start the game. He had given his manager #21's jersey who was an injured player and who was listed in the book as # 21. I said we are not allowing it and we proceed to start the half without the technicals as we would normally. Anybody have anything similar before?

The whole problem was his explanation at first he just said add a player, then it was a manager, and the scorebook individual said it was a cheerleader in her opinion. All in all this coach didn't know basketball as he asked how many timeouts he gets and if his players could call timeouts on the court. He even designated 2 players to call the timeouts and told me who they were. It was a interesting night to say the least.