This won't get much sympathy - Coach Being Fired..for WHAT?!

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I decided to come above ground....LOL I was testing the Tapatalk app.

Just log into the forum on Tapatalk with your Raymond ID. I'm posting this from Tapatalk right now.

Have to say, I always thought you had one of the best usernames here.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Rich

Just log into the forum on Tapatalk with your Raymond ID. I'm posting this from Tapatalk right now.

Took me a while, but I finally figured that out. You'd think an IT guy would catch on a little quicker.

Originally Posted by Rich

Have to say, I always thought you had one of the best usernames here.

It was actually derived from the town I've called home for the last 18+ years. Newport News is known as Bad Newz around these parts, and often for good reason. My youngest graduates from high school in June and I'll be working on selling my house and moving to a different community.

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Took me a while, but I finally figured that out. You'd think an IT guy would catch on a little quicker.



It was actually derived from the town I've called home for the last 18+ years. Newport News is known as Bad Newz around these parts, and often for good reason. My youngest graduates from high school in June and I'll be working on selling my house and moving to a different community.

We'd love to have you up here

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by justacoach

We'd love to have you up here

I hate the traffic

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.

[rockyroad]

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.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Rich

Have to say, I always thought you had one of the best usernames here.

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!