never again

[Indy_Ref]

I'll be in the minority on here, but I don't mind men's league games. They test your patience & game management skills big time! If you can manage a men's league game...with all the whining, complaining, and rules' kings...then you can just about manage anything!

I use these games as a GREAT opportunity to learn how to call T's that help my game. It usually works! By establishing you know the rules and you aren't going to take any crap, guys tend to shut up & play...even if it's after you call a few T's!!

Last week, I did a game that included the biggest whining & complaining team in the league. All the regular officials HATE this team. Since I am a fill-in for the last few weeks of the tournament, I told the regulars that I'd be happy to take their game. They looked at me like I was crazy and said, "SURE! Be our guest!!" After calling several fouls on them, and putting my whistle in my mouth and staring down the worst whiner on the team after he had complained about an easy call against him, they decided that they didn't want any piece of me! They played ball. And, since they are a decent team when they actually PLAY, they blew the other team out by 35. Plus, we didn't have any problems.

[Edited by Indy_Ref on Mar 21st, 2005 at 03:46 PM]