I love your username, Rich. It reminds me of my hero - Scrooge McDuck. He's "rich" too. In fact, his money bin is six cubic acres big!


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Thanks Kansas...I try. Seen and heard to much in my time and decided a LONG time ago, I wasn't going to be that guy in the stands or that coach on the sideline.

Too many parents have kids "going D1" or "to the league" that gotta get their investment back, OR they play rec league cause they couldn't even make the school team, that act like idiots...Meanwhile the kid's body language and attitude would have got him/her cut from my teams. Wonder where the kid gets it!? :rolleyes:

I hate the traffic :eek:

Probably stay local for now, on the Peninsula. Where I officiate HS basketball will be affected by 2 things:

1) Whether or not Mr. T.B. gets public school contracts here on the Peninsula.

2) Where my g/f ends up moving this summer: Richmond, Peninsula, Southside.


SORRY TO HIJACK THE THREAD. So sorta back on topic.

Neither of my sons played HS basketball (one for bad grades, the other has Asperger's), so I never had to be the parent in the stands except for some church and Rec Leagues. My oldest played in a travel YMCA league one year and I would stay away from everyone else. I did get into it with one father from our team about riding the officials.

I would never have coached my kids because I know I would have been too hard on them.

All 3 of my sons played HS ball. I coached one of them (the youngest) in basketball, but coached all 3 in HS football. Loved every minute of it, although they will tell you that I was harder on them than on the other players.

When they were playing HS basketball, I sat in the stands and cheered for their team (or yelled at them if they were being lazy). On a number of occasions, the officials from our local area (who all knew me) would motion for me to come into the locker room with them after the game and then ask for my feedback. I was never really comfortable with that as a dad...but I would keep the discussion centered on things like court coverage, rotations, etc - never on judgement calls.