"X" on the Floor

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Some advice - if you have a school that repeatedly does not have an X down when you do their games, take some spray paint with you and put it down yourself. They'll get the hint. Plus - it gives the custodian some overtime.

But use black spray paint in case any gets on your shoes.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

But use black spray paint in case any gets on your shoes.

No, try florescent fuschia.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

No, try florescent fuschia.

For most men: Fuschia.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

No, try florescent fuschia.

Believe it or not, one boys team last year had a play called 'fuschia'. They didn't look like they enjoyed calling that play, but the coach insisted.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Believe it or not, one boys team last year had a play called 'fuschia'. They didn't look like they enjoyed calling that play, but the coach insisted.

I coached a team that was ranked 7th in the province, back in the late 90s. We had a play called Jim. So named because it was a play that had two cutters go backdoor, in a delayed pattern. Jim = Jim Morrison = "The Doors". Hey, 13 year old girls respond to the oddest things.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I coached a team that was ranked 7th in the province, back in the late 90s. We had a play called Jim. So named because it was a play that had two cutters go backdoor, in a delayed pattern. Jim = Jim Morrison = "The Doors". Hey, 13 year old girls respond to the oddest things.

I'm guessing the purpose of 'fuschia' was to get the other team laughing.

[ref18]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I coached a team that was ranked 7th in the province, back in the late 90s. We had a play called Jim. So named because it was a play that had two cutters go backdoor, in a delayed pattern. Jim = Jim Morrison = "The Doors". Hey, 13 year old girls respond to the oddest things.

In the big "Canada has disease" phase, there was a team I did with 3 distinct plays.

SARS
Mad Cow
West Nile

I almost pissed my pants when they started calling them I was laughing so hard.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Believe it or not, one boys team last year had a play called 'fuschia'. They didn't look like they enjoyed calling that play, but the coach insisted.

There was a team around here that had a play called "wide out". They stopped calling it out after they were called repeatedly for timeouts.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

There was a team around here that had a play called "wide out". They stopped calling it out after they were called repeatedly for timeouts.

A team around here is called the Crimson Tide. The coach said that he has a play called 'Tide' and that sometimes it is confused with 'time'. The dazed look on my face did not seem to give him a hint that he was onto a bad idea.