Basketball Ref/Dan

[JRutledge]

I am in no way an apologist for Dan. If anyone knows me, I do not care for a lot of things Dan has said here. But give us a freakin break!!!! What Dan did was what many of us do. If you ever officiated, you might understand that fact. Because he did not insult the player, he made a joke. Usually jokes break the tension and show that we are not just a white and black shirt. It shows that we are human. And cannot speak for most here, but I am in my early 30s and look rather young. I know players talk to me in a certain manner because of what I look like. I use humor to break the tension myself and to show them it is not that bad. After all coach this is a game. This is not life or death, despite the time and effort we put into it. And anytime Dan or any of us are out there, we feel blessed to be there and that we have the opportunity to officiate or to play. And coaches like yourself take away the fun of everything by being a tight a$$ and not having any humor. I think you are the only one here that tried to make an issue out of this. No one saw it is and insult.

The only person that owes anyone a apology is you with these rather silly and stupid posts. Get over yourself!!!

Peace