Last night, for some unknown reason, I didn't T a coach when he probably deserved it. Maybe it was because he was just mad at my partner and not me. Here's what happened.

This happened out of my area, so I didn't see it. I was trail. 3rd quarter of a close game and apparently, A1 got bumped while driving to the basket and she then traveled. My partner called the travel. He's usually pretty good so the odds are it was the right call. He certainly wasn't hesitant about it.

Coach A jumps up and yells, "WHAT!!! We don't get the foul and we get a travel! THAT'S BALONEY!!! (yes, he actually said "baloney" - I thought it was quaint).

I was closest to him and turned and looked, however I didn't give him my patented stare. Maybe that's where I went wrong. He said "baloney" a few more times. I said "Coach, he didn't see a foul, he saw a travel and that's that".

He said "baloney" a few more times so I gave him the stop sign and told him that was enough. I combined this with the stare.

He froze, shut up and sat down. No trouble the rest of the night (team A lost by 4).

After the game, my partner came up to me and said, "OK, who are you and what have you done with Mark Padgett?"

Actually - I thought it was a pretty good question and I kind of asked it of myself, too.

Maybe you were still in shock over him only saying "Baloney" :D:D:D

Quit being a ham and give us some real meat and potatoes.

Yep, I know how you feel.
Regional game last night...#2 seed visiting team B from up north...vs. #1 seed home team A from my district.

Freaking 30+ point blowout with a buck 30 left in the game.
Visiting team losing. Visiting team has less team fouls than winning home team. Visiting player B1 defending Home player A1 on a break away layup.
I was L and passed on a little contact from B1 on the shot...shot went in. After the shot, B1 and A1 came down together with B1 going to the floor. B1 twisted his ankle and had to be replaced.
Coach B, who had been fine all game, now decides to complain that the game is to rough...we gotta call these fouls to keep the game clean.
Of course he says this during the next live ball as I am running past him going to new L in A's frontcourt. I put my palms up and say, "Coach, the foul, if any, was on your player."
He then mimicks me with some kind of PeeWee Herman look...crossing his eyes...shaking his hip and putting his arms out with palms up.
I just smiled...but, this dude was real close to getting whacked.
After the game...some of us met and talked about this clown. Most of the guys said I did the right thing by not whacking him. One said, no T in a 30 point game...but, he would whack him in a 20 point game. Uhhhh, OK.

IMO...this could go under the "showing up the official" catagory...and it still Pisses me off...but, I suppose it wouldn't have helped the game much to whack him at that point.

RookieDude,
Now, with whom are you really angry?
He?
Thee? :)
mick

Good Point mick...and good night. ;)

Ahh...I see you're starting to join the Dark Side and show some favoritism to that coach. ;)

:D

I'll bet if you were hungry you would have for saying "baloney" so many times! :D

Mark:

Take it from someone who has been there already, I didn't foul my wife out of bed last night either. It just goes with the territory. After all my boys refer to me as the bald old geezer.

MTD, Sr.

Ya - but did you call all the "over the backs" and "reaches"?

I hear she's been complaining about all the dead ball fouls. :D

More like dead battery.

Maybe she just needs a new "post" player. :p

ROFLMAO

The problem I have with my wife is telling her she can't bring in a sub until after the first attempt.

Pee Wee.

This is a true story, I couldn't make this up. Many years ago, I was asst. varsity coach. I thought we got the short end of the call and during the beginning of the timeout I glared at the official who made the call. WHACK! The head coach asked what it was for. The official said, "He gave me a dirty look." Swear to God. And I didn't use any arm or finger movements, just glared at him. Ever since that game, the head coach told me before a game, "NO dirty looks tonight!" The irony is, that official and I are now on the same FB crew. :)

I had an assistant coach that was giving us dirty looks from the huddle (when he wasn't making comments from the bench). He did it one time to me during a time out; rather than whack him, I just looked at him and put the whistle in my mouth. He got the message, and was fine the rest of the game. Sometimes they just want to test that line.

One thing I have found out is that women like good "floor play". You have to be careful not to try to dunk during the pre-game, though.

My wife calls our water bed the Dead Sea. - Rodney Dangerfield