JV Fun

Rich · #1 (**permalink**) Sun Jan 23, 2005, 12:43am

I hadn't worked a subvarsity game in 2 years, but my wife was originally due January 30 and I figured I'd stay closer to home and work an early game. Was going to ditch the game, but it was close and I knew I'd only be gone about 2 hours total.

I had fun -- but the coaches clearly didn't know how to take us.

I had two PC fouls, a 10-second violation, and my partner had a 5-second closely guarded call. We called 6 fouls in the first half and about 10 in the second until the home team decided to start fouling in the second half. Unlike lot of the subvarsity games I watch before my varsity game, we DIDN'T call every little bump a foul and we sprinkled a good dose of advantage/disadvantage all over the game. The varsity game could've started a bit early, actually.

The interesting moment was on the 10-second call. I didn't know this at the time, but the home coach didn't like the call and challenged my partner (who was the lead and wasn't counting of course, but was close to the home bench).

My partner calmly turned to the scorer and asked what time the timeout prior to the inbounds was (a timeout preceded the 10-second call). Exactly 11 seconds were off the clock. My partner told the coach. Coach didn't exactly have anything else to say.

Well, except for the time he wanted to know why the foulds were 4-1 in his disadvantage in the second half -- "Um, they're getting a bit physical down there. Why do they only have one foul? You need to call something."

Then one of the PLAYERS came to me and said the same thing -- "why aren't you calling fouls at that end?". I managed to control the laughter that wanted to come out.

Baby is a week old tomorrow. I haven't kissed her cheek off yet.

--Rich

tjones1 · #2 (**permalink**) Sun Jan 23, 2005, 03:45am

Congrats Rich!!!

cowbyfan1 · #3 (**permalink**) Sun Jan 23, 2005, 05:49am

Yes congrats Rich. My little girl's cheeks are very much woren down from all the kisses she has gotten. Wait till your little one figures out who to pucker the lips to give kisses back.

som44 · #4 (**permalink**) Sun Jan 23, 2005, 07:50am

My little girl is now 23--still her cheeks but barely!

She still is daddy's little girl

Rich · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 24, 2005, 09:43am

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Originally posted by cowbyfan1
Yes congrats Rich. My little girl's cheeks are very much woren down from all the kisses she has gotten. Wait till your little one figures out who to pucker the lips to give kisses back.

I can't wait. She's taken to rubbing her face against our, but that simply means "Mommy, feed me." I like when she looks at me in the feed me way, but I just don't have the right equipment.