The really cool coach that wasn't

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

How did I get dragged into this?
Candy or not, the clue that one coach was going to be a problem was his comment about "never yelling at the refs, only at his players". If a coach is going to be good, they don't have to try and convince you of that ahead of time, they just are.

Yea, I knew that. I guess that was why the first cute remark seemed so cool. He really wasn't yelling. Made the fall all the more jolting!

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Remember, no good deed goes unpunished.

Rule of Acquisition #285.

[CLH]

OK, it might just be me, but this idea of taking candy to the table just sounds nuts. I'm new to this board so I don't want to piss people off with my first post this just seems crazy. I wanna see Steve Javie haul out a bag of licorice and tell Larry Brown, now be nice and u can have one.

CLH

[zebraman]

Originally Posted by CLH

OK, it might just be me, but this idea of taking candy to the table just sounds nuts. I'm new to this board so I don't want to piss people off with my first post this just seems crazy. I wanna see Steve Javie haul out a bag of licorice and tell Larry Brown, now be nice and u can have one.

CLH

Well this wasn't the NBA and it wasn't the regular season either. It was a summer league game. The off-season games are usually a little more relaxed.

I wouldn't do it either, but it probably works for rainmaker most of the time.

Z

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by zebraman

Well this wasn't the NBA and it wasn't the regular season either. It was a summer league game. The off-season games are usually a little more relaxed.

I wouldn't do it either, but it probably works for rainmaker most of the time.

Z

Yerrite. I certainly DON"T do it during the season, and I definitely wouldn't do it in a game of any importance. These were the "4-game guarantee" games, with a lot of grouchy, discouraged, tired, grouchy, frustrated parents, coaches and players. Whole gyms full of them. Oh, and did I mention grouchy? They travel across the country at great expense to find out that there are 2000 players who are better than their kid (and that's just at this one tournament!!), and they sure aren't in the mood to see it yet again after three days of it.

Candy doesn't make all the difference between a lousy game and a college scholarship, and it's no substitute for excellent reffing, but it helps set the tone of "we're all human here, let's respect that in each other".

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Candy doesn't make all the difference between a lousy game and a college scholarship, and it's no substitute for excellent reffing, but it helps set the tone of "we're all human here, let's respect that in each other".

Juulie - most of the coaches I know would think M&Ms were really W&Ws.

[JCrow]

I made a similar mistake once. A Coach asked me,

"Hey, Ref....my back is killing me! Got any Aleve?"

I reached in my pocket and gave him 2 little blue pills. Unfortunately, it was the wrong pocket. After about 10 minutes, I didn't have to worry about him standing up for the rest of the game........

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by JCrow

I made a similar mistake once. A Coach asked me,

"Hey, Ref....my back is killing me! Got any Aleve?"

I reached in my pocket and gave him 2 little blue pills. Unfortunately, it was the wrong pocket. After about 10 minutes, I didn't have to worry about him standing up for the rest of the game........

Since when does JR coach?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by JCrow

I made a similar mistake once. A Coach asked me,

"Hey, Ref....my back is killing me! Got any Aleve?"

I reached in my pocket and gave him 2 little blue pills. Unfortunately, it was the wrong pocket. After about 10 minutes, I didn't have to worry about him standing up for the rest of the game........

You gave him 2 viagra?

Well, come to think of it, that's kind of appropriate for a coach anyway.