My First T. . .but Followed by a Rookie Mistake

[ChuckS]

Girls 8th Grade Travel, Team B coach was kind of whiny first half, nothing crazy, just typical questioning a call here and there. But I knew he didn't know the rules, because he kept asking for a moving screen call, even though there was no contact. (the girl kept "whiffing" on her attempt).

End of 3rd quarter, I am lead, A1 goes up for layup, clearly fouled while shooting, shot misses, buzzer goes off to end 3rd quarter, I guess the coach didn't hear my whistle due to the buzzer. Once it became obvious that we were shooting 2 with the lane cleared, he got very upset. He comes onto the court and says, "REALLY!!?? You are going to call that foul with no time on the clock...REALLY??!!" (They were down 30-14). I explained to him that the girl was fouled, the shot attempt was made before the horn, and we are shooting 2. He calmed down but still kept complaining, so I warned him "That's enough...no more!"

With 4 minutes to go in the game, B4 going in for a layup, A1 established legal guarding position, then starts to backpedal, and B4 charges into her just before shooting. I call the charge. I clearly signal that we are going the other way, and report the foul. Coach says "There isn't even a #4 on the court!" (he thought the foul was on Team A). I explain the call, and he gets upset again, and loudly says "You called a CHARGE?! What?! That's just terrible...her feet weren't set..." So I called the technical foul right there. The game continued without incident.

Only driving home did I realize my mistake – I forgot to inform him that he needed to sit the rest of the game!