Starting Them Off Wrong

[rainmaker]

JCrow, you mean you're really a ref, and this is a real situation that you are asking about? As I was reading, I thought maybe my computer had cut out the last part of your post, and that I was missing something funny.

If the coach keeps arguing, you say, "Coach, it's nobody's fault and everybody's fault. We'd have done the same if it was your team that scored in the wrong basket." Then after the game, you go home and review your 2nd half mental procedure, and be sure you've got a note in there to check the direction before the ball gets into play.