[BballRookie]

The other day we had a girls summer league tournament. Teams from all over the state came together. I think I saw one of the best one liners from a coach I've ever heard.

Background: Team A is has multiple state championships in a row and all their players back. Their coach is literally 6'4 245 and looks like James Bond. Team B is a good team, but can't hang with team A. Their coach is very annoying. Team B's coach will make comments like "this is what happens when you come from out of town" under his breathe all night. He whines like crazy during their lower level games as well. He has something to say to everything.

In hindsight I should have told him(as I'd heard here) "Coach, even if you say it to your assistants, if I can hear it you've said it to me". After the game he even made sure my partner heard him say "this is what happens when they don't have money for officials".

Of course Team B has a super aggressive post who is fouling like crazy and we don't have the option to foul anyone out (tourny rules). So, as girls are hitting the deck the parents and coach B are getting more wound up. Tension level in the gym rose. Coach A didn't say a word.

Finally the game ends with a 20 point loss and Coach B is still whining away in the hand shake line. We are grabbing our gear from right in front of the scorers table. He must have said something really stupid to cap things off, because coach A, who hasn't said a word all night, waits until the lines have cleared, waits a second, and says to coach B(about 20 feet away) in a very calm and direct tone: "Do you have a problem with any of my girls?" The between the lines message of "please shut up and if you have anything more to say let's settle it right now" was unmistakeable. Coach B honestly looked terrified and literally took two steps back while saying there was no problem at all and trying to crack a stupid, mumbled joke.

I think I enjoyed this so much because there are those times you want to tell a coach to grow up or get a life, and the other coach did such a good job of it. I later remarked to my partner that Coach A is on the top of my "Coaches that no official would want to fight after the game" list.