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Old Wed Jul 02, 2003, 03:34pm
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Originally posted by NWAhoops

Brad,
Thanks. Unfortunately for your team, we had one of those games where everything worked. If we had played you on Saturday, the outcome might have been reversed. You definitely have the best 5th grade team we've seen. I tend to agree with you about the officiating. Inconsistent is the word that comes to my mind. I couldn't believe how quick he called that technical on you when I had been complaining louder than you for the entire game. I saw the coach of the Lady Fire run three quarters of the way across the court to contest a call without receiving a technical later that same day. By the end of the tournament, my post players were standing perfectly still, arms straight up, not blinking, and still getting fouls called every time the big girl from the Sparks powered into them. Then, near the end of the game, the smallest player on my team (#1) drove in for a fast-break layup and got called for a charge.



Again, I appreciate your opinions and will use this information to hopefully improve my coaching.

Look coach, here's the bottom line. These are 5th grade girls we are discussing here. You might find this hard to believe but at some point a lot of experienced officials just stop taking these games, so you get mostly first year guys or guys with first year experience repeated 10 times. So maybe the refs are inconsistent, so what. Lighten up with 'em and concentrate of coaching your team & displaying an extraordinarily positive attitude, 'cause maybe one day I (or someone like me) will get roped into working one of your games and you will not last 2 minutes.

Really.
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