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Originally Posted by john5396
Had one parent come and confront us at the table while we wre signing score sheets.
Told me that "You can take that whistle and shove it up ...."
Then he turned and left before host management got to the table.
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That's one big difference between basketball and volleyball. In basketball, as Antonio described it we "toot & scoot" - at final horn we make quick eye contact with the table to insure all is copacetic & then head for the door to the locker room at a quick jog. In volleyball, by contrast, the R1 has to go sign the scoresheet for the final set, which in theory makes us more vulnerable if someone has an axe to grind.
That said, in my experience volleyball is truly a "kinder and gentler" sport and instances like this are rare indeed.
Even in basketball they're not all that common. In the last ten years I've only had two that truly were over the top and could have gotten a little ugly if allowed to escalate - one a parent & the other a coach. Far more frequently we get complimentary comments or thanks.