can you believe coach asked me this

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Ref-X
You guys will never believe this. A high school coach asked me this question. He comes up to me and said “can I ask you a question”? I say “Yes”. He asks “since when can a player driving to the basket, jump and stop on both feet and then make a lay-up” I paused (shocked by the question) and answered at least the past twenty years. The technical term is Jump-Stop”. He stared at me in disbelief and said “ what do you think this is the NBA”. I just shook me head and walked away. WOW!

Yes, I can believe this. I had a D1 women's college coach, year's ago, ask me to go over the travel rule with her after her team had finished practice. I used the rule book and casebook and we went through the rules literally step-by-step. When we were done, she told me that the rules were wrong. Go figure.

Also, I wish I had a dollar for every time a coach has requested a timeout while his team has control of the ball in front of their bench, and then after the timeout the coach asks me who gets the ball and where?

MTD, Sr.