Do you have a T here?

[BlueDevilRef]

Seems to me it was justified. No place for a child to try to show you up.

[deecee]

Reasonable.

[Nevadaref]

Whack.
Don't tolerate disrespectful behavior.

[Dad]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

Seems to me it was justified. No place for a player to try to show you up.

Fixed. I'm calling this at any level.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Dad

Fixed. I'm calling this at any level.

When a "player" of high school age acts like a "child" then he/she should be punished for his/her child like bad behavior. And when a "player" who is an adult (and I have had a few college players in my time) acts like a "child" then he/she should also be punished for his/her child like bad behavior.

When I lived in Glendale, California, many many years ago. I whacked a player in a women's jr. college player for child like behavior. She drove the lane bouncing off defenders who had LGPs and threw up an off balance layup which did not go in the basket. She through a temper tantrum, stomping her feet and waving her arms, while yelling that she was fouled (her coach pretty much was doing the same thing in front of the bench). The player (remember, she was in college and therefore and adult) reminded me of a five year old throwing a temper tantrum because her parents said "no" to a request she had made. So if the shoe fits......

MTD, Sr.

[Dad]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

When a "player" of high school age acts like a "child" then he/she should be punished for his/her child like bad behavior. And when a "player" who is an adult (and I have had a few college players in my time) acts like a "child" then he/she should also be punished for his/her child like bad behavior.

When I lived in Glendale, California, many many years ago. I whacked a player in a women's jr. college player for child like behavior. She drove the lane bouncing off defenders who had LGPs and threw up an off balance layup which did not go in the basket. She through a temper tantrum, stomping her feet and waving her arms, while yelling that she was fouled (her coach pretty much was doing the same thing in front of the bench). The player (remember, she was in college and therefore and adult) reminded me of a five year old throwing a temper tantrum because her parents said "no" to a request she had made. So if the shoe fits......

MTD, Sr.

I just find the arbitrary terms to define someone's attitude, kid or an adult, are arbitrary and borderline stupid. Show me a HS freshman game where the players act worse than a men's wreck league. Players will act like a clown or they won't, I really don't see why an age group should be attributed to them.

I've never seen the connection between being older and having a better attitude. In fact, bad parenting aside, I'd say adults have more clown-ish behavior than kids.

[ODog]

Originally Posted by Dad

Show me a HS freshman game where the players act worse than a men's wreck league ...

In fact, bad parenting aside, I'd say adults have more clown-ish behavior than kids ...

100% agree. NOTHING is worse than the antics of men's league basketball. Truly disgraceful and pathetic.