Idiot Parents

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Ref Daddy

My "assumption" is based on these words from the artical.

Because he is Bruce Pearl, this guy (Mynatt) eyeballed him and targeted him

Just because it's printed in either ink or pixels, doesn't make it true! Good grief, If half of what Pearl admits to is what he said and did, he's inciting, belittling and being obnoxious. And the whole, "What did I do?" routine sounds too much like the player classic, "I never touched him!" Mynatt might have been OOO, but there's no way to tell for sure from this article.

[Jimgolf]

Ignore what fans say. Your blood pressure will thank you.

[just another ref]

to amaze me. Tonight, in the last 2 minutes of a close game, the star guard for team B commits his 5th foul on the baseline, approximately 50 feet away from his very supportive dad, who was sitting on the other side of the division line. The foul was very plain, I thought, but what do I know? I didn't turn to look, but heard dad approaching: "...didn't even touch him....not a foul.....never touched him at all....etc."
He continued his tirade down the sideline, across the endline and just as he reached the door, I looked at him, kinda like you would look at a piece of dog residue on the ground. He defiantly said, "You understand that?" I said, "Yeah, I understand. There's the door, you understand that?" He disappeared. Problem solved. Not quite. Game over. He reappeared, came out on the court to enlighten me further. "You are a sorry, no-good son of a *****!" I just walked away. When I looked back, he was gone. Oh, by the way, the level of play involved? Very serious! 9&10 year old boys

[dave30]

I notice and hear more from the stands when the kids are younger. I do not think fans have the right to act like an idiot in front of the younger kids. High school kids can take it, but 4th graders should not have to hear it, see it, or put up with it. They are much more impressionable at a young age and if I can shut somebody up, I will do it.

[SmokeEater]

I asked a Gym Supervisor to clear the whole gym during a club league game because of 2 parents who were causing a disturbance. Mind you there was probably only 20 - 30 people in the gym but I bet these two guys had their tails between their legs outside the school. Level of play 10/11 yr old girls. We all had a blast once the gym was cleared.
Now if we could get the coaches to all understand its about the young kids having fun and learning the game all would be right in the world.

[stosh]

There is an inverse algabreic relationship between the age and skill level of the players and their parents ignorance and loudness. (I would graph it but I don't know how).