Back in the saddle, so to speak

[Mark Padgett]

Well - I worked the games last night and, as I had hoped, the last game of the three was a forfeit, but I got paid anyway.


The first game went pretty smooth. It was close all the way until one team went on a little streak at the end and won by five.

The second game was a 30 point blow-out. As you might expect, the losing coach tried to blame it all on us. He complained about his point guards getting "cut off" when they tried to bring the ball over mid-court. DUH! That's the idea, isn't it? Once, he said to me, "If that's not a foul, I don't know what is." I told him it wasn't a foul, and that I was surprised he didn't know what a foul was. He didn't get it.

Finally, my partner gave him a T and told him he was seat belted the rest of the game. When the game was over, a bunch of parents from his team cornered him and made him come over to us and apologize. I guess they realized their girls were just outplayed and wanted their coach to realize it too. At least, that's what one of the dads told me later. He said they were disappointed in that coach all summer and wouldn't keep him on for next year.

It was kind of refreshing to hear that.