Well, I blew it today, and royal. JV girls, church league tournament, simply lousy ball. I gave them a good game -- except for one really nasty uncorrectable error. Handed the ball out of bounds to the wrong team, and it didn't get discovered until way too late. Opponent took the ball down for a quick three-point shot, closing the gap to two points -- and then went on to win by two.

Coach was quick to point out at the end of the game that "that was a very significant mistake." I refrained from pointing out that his players had turned the ball over at least ten times after that error by bad passes, and ill-considered shots. And that they had missed at least 10 free throws. And that they had fouled out two players, thus giving the opponent several points on foul shots.

I still felt awful. Still do. Oh, well. He's from out of town, and i"ll probably never see him again. That's a relief.

Hey, things happen and you know what you did wrong. Press onward and upward.

Yeah, but at least you didn't screw up the free throws following a fight with 8 seconds left in the game. :o

We have all made mistakes that we have cringed about later. It's part of the learning process. It takes experience to avoid mistakes, but the only way to get experience is to make mistakes. Or something like that....

Z

I bet that coach wanted to string you up by your fishnets. ;)

Nah, this is a very conservative denomination, and we were required to wear long pants. I left the fishnets at home.

Been there, done that. I'm sure you won't let it happen again. Good luck. I almost did it once this year.

What... fishnets or long pants... :)

Welll, you certainly got me with not following the lastest subject. :)

Trust me, a month from now you won't think it's such a big deal. We move on and learn.

Mistakes make us better referees. We are all human and we make errors.

Why do we say "we are only human" when we make mistakes? :D

Bart, I don't know, I guess its one of those sayings that have stuck.