Referee pushes parent

[Robmoz]

Originally Posted by ODog

I'm not disputing any of your facts, Rob (and I thoroughly enjoy the perspective since it seems like you're from the area and have an inside source), and maybe we're not even referring to the same person, but ...

... after watching it a few times and looking for this idiot, it sure looks to me like the "parent" who confronts the official and is subsequently shoved in the open floor is not anyone who was ever seated at the scorer's table or performing any PA duties. In the third-quarter free-throw footage, you can plainly see him sitting at the end of the home bench, kind of like a fake assistant coach.

I'm not sure if this makes the whole situation slightly better or slightly worse. Is it better/worse that he was actual bench personnel rather than a fan from the stands? I honestly don't have an answer.

Freeze it at the 0:28 mark and you can see the guy at the table. After the mic was removed he left the table to sit on the bench for some parts of the 3Qtr...just saying, he may be a parent, too. I know that he is not on the coaching staff.

I messaged the reporter from the story, he gave a BS boilerplate response: "I hear you, but what I reported is what the superintendent said, the first person to get physical was the referee".

Yeah dumbass, the whole story is what the superintendent who probably wasn't at the game said.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I messaged the reporter from the story, he gave a BS boilerplate response: "I hear you, but what I reported is what the superintendent said, the first person to get physical was the referee".

Yeah dumbass, the whole story is what the superintendent who probably wasn't at the game said.

Ask him if he interviewed the referee. Bet it never crossed his mind.

Not that the referee would probably respond, but I bet the reporter never even tried.