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Old Wed Jul 12, 2006, 12:57am
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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.

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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".
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Old Wed Jul 12, 2006, 08:25pm
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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.
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Old Tue Jul 18, 2006, 11:36am
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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........
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Old Tue Jul 18, 2006, 12:08pm
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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?
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Old Tue Jul 18, 2006, 01:18pm
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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.
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