can you believe coach asked me this

[Corndog89]

I was the linesman in a JV football game a few years ago. The R threw a flag on a relatively routine penalty (I don't recall the penalty--its immaterial). The JV head coach (at a good football school no less) stormed at me asking how could the referee make that call. I responded it was a good call, right in line with the rules. He asked how did the referee and I know that the play was illegal. I stood there for a few seconds thinking it must have been a trick question. Finally I said its our job to know the rules. It was a like a lightbulb went on in his head, and he didn't bother me again the rest of the game. An almost surreal experience.