T'd Two Coaches -- And Liked It!

[rainmaker]

Filled in at a rec league this evening to help out a friend. Wow, feels very cool to be the last minute fill in person, and not the desperate-for-any-games person.

Okay, anyway, I did three games, 7 and 8 grade girls. T'd coaches in two of the games. No warnings, just T's. Both times totally appropriate, both times they made the game better. This last one, I'm standing during a time out, listening to parents critize the T just loud enough for me to hear.

I felt downright smug. The thing that earned it was this coach constantly complaining about travelling, and double dribble. Most of the time she was wrong, but even when she wasn't, they were good no-calls. She started from the jump with the constant stream of criticism, in a loud shrill voice that never leads anywhere good. Her players were extremely talented and disciplined and it was obvious she'd "been around". I acknowledged that I'd heard her, I said thank you a couple of times, and then about four minutes into the game, WHACK!! But there were no more travels by either team the rest of the game. NONE. So she got what she wanted at absolutely no cost, since the opponent missed both shots and got the ball stolen off the inbound. Her team ended up winning by 30 or so. Best T I ever threw, and the parents criticize. Just goes to show...