Fun With A Frustrated Coach …

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mike Goodwin

The thing that's obstructing the scoreboard is another backboard's support system.

Thanks. But why does the clock tick from 1:00 to 6:59 in the fourth period? Odd that that adds up to eight minutes.

[Mike Goodwin]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Thanks. But why does the clock tick from 1:00 to 6:59 in the fourth period? Odd that that adds up to eight minutes.

It doesn't. The digit for 7 minutes is obscured at the top, then the same happens with the top part of the 6. I watched this whole game and another at the same venue; the scoreboard operates properly. When it's under a minute, the two, left-most positions are the seconds, and the third position from the left is the tenths.

If I could figure out how to shrink pictures on this forum, I would include them.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mike Goodwin

It doesn't. The digit for 7 minutes is obscured at the top, then the same happens with the top part of the 6.

Got it. Thanks.

[JRutledge]

I would need more context honestly. If that is all they did, probably not. If they said something to me, then sure I might be more likely to consider a T. But if this is the first incident, it would not likely come from me in this case, if I even saw this at all.

Peace

[Mike Goodwin]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Got it. Thanks.

Best I can do, so far:

clock at 7:01

clock at 6:59

You can see the support system in a different place than the original video.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mike Goodwin

Best I can do, so far.

Good start.

Better: Log on to your Flickr Photostream.
Double left click on the photo that you want to post on the Forum.
Bottom right: Click downward arrow icon (Download This Photo).
Left click on View All Sizes.
Left click to select a size (for example Medium 500 (500 × 374)).
Right click on image to select Copy Image Address.
Paste image address into Forum post (yellow and gray mountain and sun Insert Image icon).

Voilà (pardon my French).

[Kansas Ref]

1. to HC for audibly voicing his displeasure at a female ref partner's reluctance to call a foul when his player clearly "chucked" the ball up looking for "bail out" call--then there being no call, this HC said, quite loudly: "somebody please help HER out!"

2. to player cursing to another player on his same team; and this occurred at a Catholic highschool no less!

3. to HC for repetitive demonstrative exclamations of: " 8 fouls to 2 fouls--are you kidding me!?" I admit that the first time he said it, I stopped the clock and documented a "warning notice" in the scorebook, then he persisted (ostensibly believing that I didn't have the gumption to tech him up).

4. to player for turning to me and loudly exclaiming--after said player missed a bunny layup under defensive pressure--"c'mon ref that's a foul!"; this despite his teammate telling him to "STFU you're always complaining".

Quite to my surprise, sometimes when I'm driving home from a game I will think over certain scenarios from the game and to be honest, there were more times that I "passed" on issuing a technical foul when in retrospect I should've issued one.


*In summary, it seems that my threshold for imposing technical fouls is lower when a HC doing/saying things that imply that I am biased/unfair and also when they berate a female partner(s). Oh and before I close, in the video subject of this thread, I'd have issued and documented a "formal warning" at minimum for slapping the score table; however, I could've gone straight to a tech depending on the gestalt.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

... when I'm driving home from a game I will think over certain scenarios from the game and to be honest, there were more times that I "passed" on issuing a technical foul when in retrospect I should've issued one ...

We always seem to regret the technical fouls we passed on. We never seem to regret the technical fouls we issued.

Many years ago. Girls varsity prep school game. With seconds to go in the first half, girl trips (she didn't get tripped, she tripped) and gets severely hurt. Head coach and trainer come out to attend to her in front of her bench. During the several minutes it took to attend to her, the coach has a few irate words for us (more than just one outburst) to indicate his displeasure in my partner and I "causing his player to get hurt". We should have said, "Shut up and deal with your player's injury. You're not allowed out here on the floor to take pot shots at us" (or something more professional than that), but not wanting to detract from the serious injury situation in front of us, my partner and I both physically retreated away from the situation on the floor to the opposite table side of the court, and passed on a well deserved technical foul.

At halftime, in the privacy of the dressing room, we discussed it and decided that the severity of the injury, and our concern for the injured player, "numbed" us to the poor behavior of the coach, but that he "wouldn't get away with it", and that he would be immediately T-ed up for any unsporting comment, no matter how slight, in the second half (probably unprofessional to make him an automatic T-target, but he deserved it).

We're both still waiting for that unsporting comment. We missed our chance and he got away with murder (hyperbole).

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

Technical fouls I've given this past season ...

No technical fouls to coaches this past season. First, and only, time in forty years of officiating. Didn't even consider any technical fouls to coaches this past season.

The stars lined up. Shortened COVID season, I only worked about a dozen games this season. Coaches seemed just pleased to be playing, and also seemed to appreciate those of us that showed up, more than half of our local guys, mostly older veterans, opted out due to COVID concerns. Lack of fans (none, one, or two parents allowed per player) seemed to quiet coaches down. No state tournament to qualify for. Just conference playoffs, and all teams qualified.

Not proud of it. Not ashamed of it. It just happened. Just odd. One for the books.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mike Goodwin

If I could figure out how to shrink pictures on this forum, I would include them.

Use Google Images (searches for internet photos based on a photo rather than words). Click on the camera icon. Load your photo (internet address or from your hard drive). See if there are Medium or Small versions of the photo on the internet. Right click and copy photo's internet address. Post smaller photo on the Forum using the Forum Insert Image icon.

https://images.google.com/

It's an amazing tool. I came across a flower that I wanted to know the name of. Took a photo, put it on my hard drive, used Google Images, found a similar photo, clicked on the website that contained the photo of the flower, got the name of the flower, Celosia (Cockscomb). So easy a caveman can do it. I use it a lot to find better photos (better than the photos that I first find) for the articles that I write on our kayak paddle group website describing history, geography, ecology, etc., of the locations that we paddle and visit.

To post your own photos on the Forum, use an image hosting website, like Flickr (I'm sure that there are others), to post your photos (set up an account, set a password, and use cloud upload icon), which will generate an internet address for them. Again, right click on the Flickr (or other) photo to get an internet address and copy and paste the photo's internet address to the Forum. Easy peasey lemon squeezy.

https://www.flickr.com/