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I had one last night that I still can't believe.
5th Grade boys rec league tournament, championship game. Team A is inbounding under their basket, and A1 is wide open under the basket with B1 behind him trying to remember where he's supposed to be. A1 receives the pass and goes up for an open layup, and B1 gives him a 2-handed shove in the back to try to prevent the easy points. Easy call.
When B Coaches figures out that I called an intentional, they absolutely can't believe it. Along with the predictable "Seriously?!" and "They're just kids!" the head coach exclaims, "They're only 10! Every foul's intentional!"
In my three years reffing, I don't think I've ever heard a dumber remark from a coach. Parent, maybe; coach, no. He even repeated it after the game, disproving my original hypothesis that, in his excitement, he accidentally combined the 4-5 things going through is head into a single statement. My only conclusion is that either he doesn't know what the word intentional means, or he he's convinced himself that every time one of his players has commited a stupid foul, that it was done purposefully to drive the coach crazy.
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